“In her time at Piney Point, Samantha Parkington is essentially cosplaying Kirsten Larson. She's on a Singing Bird-themed vacation.
At its best, this kind of reenactment can be a bridge of empathy and hand-on education. Too often, it becomes an exercise in erasure.“
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Samantha in the Adirondacks (or; all my girlies hate Thoreau)
Some people are so rich that they pretend to be poor as a vacation. (Observations from my research for Part 2 of the American Girl deep dive series)
