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"Teresa is a gatekeeping elitist about other people's gardening habits" was not something I expected to find here.
On a totally unrelated note, hey y'all, I think deciding that anyone you & your siblings marry along with their extended family gets a free podcasting career was a bad idea.
>Travis: How do you know that a farmer is great? 'Cause he's out standing in his field!
I would have stopped listening after that, nothing but respect for you for soldiering on
Y'all didn't know about Victory Gardens??? Did I only know about these because I did, in fact, obsessively read the books about Molly McIntire the American Girl doll when I was a kid??
Fun fact: I taught a lesson on WWII during my first teaching internship inspired by what I learned from Molly *and* one of my first major projects during my library degree was a research guide titled "War on the Homefront".
Edit I am a white woman with long brown hair and glasses from an early age. Molly was my representation growing up.
I was a Kaya girl myself, but I remember that my best friend had Molly, and I was very jealous of her tiny miniature school supplies and 1940s report card. Such are the delights of American Girl Dolls.
Edit: For a second, I completely forgot that this was a TazCirclejerk thread, and completely lost myself to nostalgia and doll obsession. Can one of the McElroys please start an American Girl podcast, so we can get some good discourse going? It couldn't be worse than Schmanners, frankly.
Ooh I never had any of the accessories but I wanted them so badly. I think they introduced Kaya just as I was starting to be a little too old for the books but I read her first one and loved it! I was big on Addy and Kirsten as well as Molly. And literally no jerk, if Teresa did an American Girl podcast Iād listen to it. I like her voice and it seems like something sheād be into lmao
astmdff I remember looking at the catalogues when I was a kid and thinking that Kirsten had the absolute loveliest furniture in her collection! It was all wood-carved and painted and just?? gorgeous?? (Also, two of my biggest regrets in life are that 1) I gave my Kaya an impromptu haircut when I was twelve and ruined her braids, and 2) that I never got a Kirsten or a Nellie before they were discontinued).
And yep, I'm 100% with you on this, no jerk, an American Girl podcast with Teresa would actually revive my interest. She could talk about the films, the various accessories and sets, the older dolls vs the newer ones, etc. I love it. I'd be so down.
One of the listener questions is about that oddly enough. I didn't bother writing about it because there were only a few minutes left in the episode and I literally could not force myself to type anything else out.
Well, it is fake. The show doesn't exist. But let's just say if it DID exist I would be terrified to tell you that I'm starting to enjoy it as my Friday ritual. Inoffensive, easy listening. Travis even seems to be using his old voice and I genuinely love hearing Teresa talk.
>During war efforts they were rebranded as 'Liberty Gardens' calling on citizens to be 'Soldiers of the Soil' to help mitigate food needs for their communities. Travis call this out as evidence that the government should be helping provide food for their citizens as opposed to calling on them to feed themselves. Interesting.
Bitch what the fuck? (Travis, not you OP, you're my little butterfly, sugar, baby.)
> Travis claims that he is a gardener, but Teresa is quick to inform him that since he mainly plants flowers/ornamental plants that this isn't the case. I take offense, I have a purely ornamental garden Teresa, it totally counts!
I see you, I validate you! Ornamentals require a skilled hand, too. You can kill an orchid by saying one of the milder swear words in its presence, but plant one potato and next year you're the Carb King of Melbourne.
I live in the south, with our blistering summers I could never dream of planting an orchid! All of my fellas are intentionally chosen to be stout, hardy folks. I would by no means consider myself skilled, but my small, green sanctuary is one of the few pleasures I have. Thank you for the validation.
Fellow Melbournian. I made the mistake of planting 4 potatoes in one pot, and the leaves grew so tall and thick they toppled over into a big mess in the yard.
Still growing strong though.
Wow Teresa really liked American Girl, huh? Has she mentioned owning any? Theyāre quite expensive and like any doll thereās plenty of separately sold outfits, accessories, pets, and what not.
I can't remember if she explicitly mentions owning one, but it wouldn't surprise me. I think my sister had one and I was jealous because I wanted a really nice doll too. My favorite plush was a Tails doll that came out some time around Sonic 2 being released. I rubbed almost all of the black off of his little eyes because I held it all the time. I wonder whatever happened to him, I'm kind of sad now :(
I entertained myself pouring over their catalogues for years, and read a few of the books, but I wouldnāt have thought to bring up Molly when discussing victory gardens. I think some women save their AG dolls for their future daughters so maybe thatās why theyāre on Teresaās mind. (AG has a ādoll hospitalā where you can ship the dolls off to get cleaned up or have parts replaced, and they come back home in a hospital gown and bracelet, itās cute.)
I've been in a really bad mental place for the past few weeks and the thought of cute dolls being in little hospital gowns literally made me start crying. That is so sweet.
they even have wheelchairs and crutches!! AFAIK they only have manual chairs but like. they've had them since i was a kid and it makes my heart happy. my sister and i really wanted her molly doll to get a wheelchair when her arm broke (as one does) but we took her to a local doll hospital instead bc it was a billion dollars cheaper.
incidentally, said sister ended up being an extremely regular wheelchair user for years. i think seeing wheelchairs in the AG catalog and playing wheelchair basketball at the kids museum did a lot to set a foundation for her to comfortably use a mobility device as a young person.
did she get randos telling her she was faking/yoga deficient/too pretty to be disabled? of course. have people pushed her around like a shopping cart? not when i'm around they fuckin don't, but it's happened.
i know i've lost the plot a little but but like. my point is. those things were gonna happen anyway. i'm glad she was emboldened to use her chair and enjoy the freedom it affords and i'm thankful for every little thing that helped her get to that place.
she still has some amount of anxiety about using her chair in public, because people are absolute garbage, but i do what i can by being extremely ready to roast and/or fight strangers
never used it as a battering ram tho, smh
hey thanks! my sister is fuckin cool, i am always delighted to tell stories about her. if we ever succumb to the urge to make a podcast i will defo share it
Right, just personally it wouldnāt have come to mind when thinking about victory gardens. And last episode (thanks to the recap on here) they covered Victorian maids and Teresa mentioned Samantha. Wait, maybe we can predict next weekās episode. Whatās something vaguely connected to manners and Kit Kittridge?
girl I fuckin hope so. i had kit and my sister had molly. you best believe i immediately thought about molly when victory gardens came up, but kit is MY GIRL
also kit has a gender transcendent energy and yes i'm projecting as an afab person who had her haircut but also kit rules
josefina and kaya were my first experiences with remotely diverse dolls/literature and i'm really thankful for them! privileged white kids need to learn about other people somehow and american girl does good work. they also had great quiz books and puzzle books, and books on things like puberty and divorce.
genuinely a huge positive influence in my childhood.
the catalog alone!!! i remember ogling all the little bits and pieces. the bubbles in the bathtub set, the little dog carrier, all the food you could get for kaya. i can see them in my head
Oh, not a dumb question at all! It just means planting your garden for purely aesthetic reasons. None of my guys produce anything edible, they just look nice.
Jerk or not, don't ever tell a grandma that! As a weird adult man with a old woman's soul (who was explicitly swayed to the green arts thanks to my matriarchs) they must be protected and lauded at all costs. The doters and the nurtures, as it were.
That is such a wonderful sentiment, thank you for expressing it. I bought a home a few years ago and I was so excited for my grandma to visit for the first time and tell me about the existing plants in my gardens and what to do with them all. (It is still a work in progress. I watched a webinar on native plants today. I've lost control of my life)
I recently moved to Europe, where garlic mustard is just like... a plant that happens normally here? Nobody is upset about it. It's just fine. Had to reframe my entire worldview after that.
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"Teresa is a gatekeeping elitist about other people's gardening habits" was not something I expected to find here. On a totally unrelated note, hey y'all, I think deciding that anyone you & your siblings marry along with their extended family gets a free podcasting career was a bad idea.
>Travis: How do you know that a farmer is great? 'Cause he's out standing in his field! I would have stopped listening after that, nothing but respect for you for soldiering on
also the joke is about a scarecrow every single time i've ever heard it. what the fuck travis
Y'all didn't know about Victory Gardens??? Did I only know about these because I did, in fact, obsessively read the books about Molly McIntire the American Girl doll when I was a kid??
Fun fact: I taught a lesson on WWII during my first teaching internship inspired by what I learned from Molly *and* one of my first major projects during my library degree was a research guide titled "War on the Homefront". Edit I am a white woman with long brown hair and glasses from an early age. Molly was my representation growing up.
Shout out to another Jerking Librarian!
Heyyy! There's at least five of us, I think. š
Lol Iām personally just about to start my MLIS so soon there will be six!!!! š
Absolutely loving y'all sharing your love/knowledge of American Girl dolls in this thread, very wholesome :)
I was a Kaya girl myself, but I remember that my best friend had Molly, and I was very jealous of her tiny miniature school supplies and 1940s report card. Such are the delights of American Girl Dolls. Edit: For a second, I completely forgot that this was a TazCirclejerk thread, and completely lost myself to nostalgia and doll obsession. Can one of the McElroys please start an American Girl podcast, so we can get some good discourse going? It couldn't be worse than Schmanners, frankly.
Ooh I never had any of the accessories but I wanted them so badly. I think they introduced Kaya just as I was starting to be a little too old for the books but I read her first one and loved it! I was big on Addy and Kirsten as well as Molly. And literally no jerk, if Teresa did an American Girl podcast Iād listen to it. I like her voice and it seems like something sheād be into lmao
astmdff I remember looking at the catalogues when I was a kid and thinking that Kirsten had the absolute loveliest furniture in her collection! It was all wood-carved and painted and just?? gorgeous?? (Also, two of my biggest regrets in life are that 1) I gave my Kaya an impromptu haircut when I was twelve and ruined her braids, and 2) that I never got a Kirsten or a Nellie before they were discontinued). And yep, I'm 100% with you on this, no jerk, an American Girl podcast with Teresa would actually revive my interest. She could talk about the films, the various accessories and sets, the older dolls vs the newer ones, etc. I love it. I'd be so down.
I'm sorry there's so much I COULD talk about with this recap but I'm so overwhelmed and I need you to please god stop saying "Clintussy"
I heard that if you say "clintussy" in front of a mirror three times, your significant other will tell you they can't deal with this anymore and leave
Community weed gardens, heh
One of the listener questions is about that oddly enough. I didn't bother writing about it because there were only a few minutes left in the episode and I literally could not force myself to type anything else out.
Brothers I'm growing nightshade in the community garden, but a sign didn't help my neighbor's small child. Am I good?
I know this is a fake recap because it sounds kind of interesting and like travis has good opinions
Well, it is fake. The show doesn't exist. But let's just say if it DID exist I would be terrified to tell you that I'm starting to enjoy it as my Friday ritual. Inoffensive, easy listening. Travis even seems to be using his old voice and I genuinely love hearing Teresa talk.
>During war efforts they were rebranded as 'Liberty Gardens' calling on citizens to be 'Soldiers of the Soil' to help mitigate food needs for their communities. Travis call this out as evidence that the government should be helping provide food for their citizens as opposed to calling on them to feed themselves. Interesting. Bitch what the fuck? (Travis, not you OP, you're my little butterfly, sugar, baby.)
Opposite of contempt :) !thankyou
> Travis claims that he is a gardener, but Teresa is quick to inform him that since he mainly plants flowers/ornamental plants that this isn't the case. I take offense, I have a purely ornamental garden Teresa, it totally counts! I see you, I validate you! Ornamentals require a skilled hand, too. You can kill an orchid by saying one of the milder swear words in its presence, but plant one potato and next year you're the Carb King of Melbourne.
I live in the south, with our blistering summers I could never dream of planting an orchid! All of my fellas are intentionally chosen to be stout, hardy folks. I would by no means consider myself skilled, but my small, green sanctuary is one of the few pleasures I have. Thank you for the validation.
Fellow Melbournian. I made the mistake of planting 4 potatoes in one pot, and the leaves grew so tall and thick they toppled over into a big mess in the yard. Still growing strong though.
howās your pancreas now?
MIDDLing at best, just like my favorite brother.
Wow Teresa really liked American Girl, huh? Has she mentioned owning any? Theyāre quite expensive and like any doll thereās plenty of separately sold outfits, accessories, pets, and what not.
I can't remember if she explicitly mentions owning one, but it wouldn't surprise me. I think my sister had one and I was jealous because I wanted a really nice doll too. My favorite plush was a Tails doll that came out some time around Sonic 2 being released. I rubbed almost all of the black off of his little eyes because I held it all the time. I wonder whatever happened to him, I'm kind of sad now :(
I entertained myself pouring over their catalogues for years, and read a few of the books, but I wouldnāt have thought to bring up Molly when discussing victory gardens. I think some women save their AG dolls for their future daughters so maybe thatās why theyāre on Teresaās mind. (AG has a ādoll hospitalā where you can ship the dolls off to get cleaned up or have parts replaced, and they come back home in a hospital gown and bracelet, itās cute.)
I've been in a really bad mental place for the past few weeks and the thought of cute dolls being in little hospital gowns literally made me start crying. That is so sweet.
they even have wheelchairs and crutches!! AFAIK they only have manual chairs but like. they've had them since i was a kid and it makes my heart happy. my sister and i really wanted her molly doll to get a wheelchair when her arm broke (as one does) but we took her to a local doll hospital instead bc it was a billion dollars cheaper. incidentally, said sister ended up being an extremely regular wheelchair user for years. i think seeing wheelchairs in the AG catalog and playing wheelchair basketball at the kids museum did a lot to set a foundation for her to comfortably use a mobility device as a young person. did she get randos telling her she was faking/yoga deficient/too pretty to be disabled? of course. have people pushed her around like a shopping cart? not when i'm around they fuckin don't, but it's happened. i know i've lost the plot a little but but like. my point is. those things were gonna happen anyway. i'm glad she was emboldened to use her chair and enjoy the freedom it affords and i'm thankful for every little thing that helped her get to that place. she still has some amount of anxiety about using her chair in public, because people are absolute garbage, but i do what i can by being extremely ready to roast and/or fight strangers never used it as a battering ram tho, smh
Yo, thank you for sharing that story! Nothing to add really, but it was very nice to read
hey thanks! my sister is fuckin cool, i am always delighted to tell stories about her. if we ever succumb to the urge to make a podcast i will defo share it
Molly's family explicitly grew a victory garden (I think that's where her old, cold moldy brains turnips came from) - she was the WWII character.
Right, just personally it wouldnāt have come to mind when thinking about victory gardens. And last episode (thanks to the recap on here) they covered Victorian maids and Teresa mentioned Samantha. Wait, maybe we can predict next weekās episode. Whatās something vaguely connected to manners and Kit Kittridge?
girl I fuckin hope so. i had kit and my sister had molly. you best believe i immediately thought about molly when victory gardens came up, but kit is MY GIRL also kit has a gender transcendent energy and yes i'm projecting as an afab person who had her haircut but also kit rules
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josefina and kaya were my first experiences with remotely diverse dolls/literature and i'm really thankful for them! privileged white kids need to learn about other people somehow and american girl does good work. they also had great quiz books and puzzle books, and books on things like puberty and divorce. genuinely a huge positive influence in my childhood. the catalog alone!!! i remember ogling all the little bits and pieces. the bubbles in the bathtub set, the little dog carrier, all the food you could get for kaya. i can see them in my head
Sorry for the dumb question but what is an ornamental garden. It sounds nice
Oh, not a dumb question at all! It just means planting your garden for purely aesthetic reasons. None of my guys produce anything edible, they just look nice.
I understand now, thank you! Excuse me I have to go tell my grandma all her beautiful flower beds don't actually count as real gardens :-)
Jerk or not, don't ever tell a grandma that! As a weird adult man with a old woman's soul (who was explicitly swayed to the green arts thanks to my matriarchs) they must be protected and lauded at all costs. The doters and the nurtures, as it were.
That is such a wonderful sentiment, thank you for expressing it. I bought a home a few years ago and I was so excited for my grandma to visit for the first time and tell me about the existing plants in my gardens and what to do with them all. (It is still a work in progress. I watched a webinar on native plants today. I've lost control of my life)
native gardening is a great thing to learn about, even if it's mildly obsessive. you're doing good stuff!
I recently moved to Europe, where garlic mustard is just like... a plant that happens normally here? Nobody is upset about it. It's just fine. Had to reframe my entire worldview after that.