How the (original 8) American Girl dolls would spend quarantine: a thread

Kaya would be going crazy if it weren’t for her dog. She didn’t take quarantine seriously until she realized she could be endangering her grandmother. She’s taken up roller skating & she and her siblings have learned several TikTok dances.

Felicity’s dad owns an essential business, & she’s secretly jealous that he’s out there in the thick of things. She is totally blowing off online school. She doesn’t think social distancing applies to best friends—especially since they just ride horses. That’s outside!

Josefina is overly cautious & has also been using this time to google infectious disease. She’s now convinced she wants to go to med school, but she hasn’t told anyone. She doesn’t mind quarantining. She’s keeping her family sane with her jokes & driving them crazy with her piano

Kirsten has set a goal to sew 100 face masks herself, & she won’t let anyone help her. She stays sane by texting the girls all day & planning the birthday & graduation celebrations for the family. She has pestered her parents a lot about getting a quarantine dog.

Addy is getting a 4.0 this semester. She’s enjoyed getting an unprecedented amount of time with her family & asks “would you rather” questions every night at dinner. She thrives on weekly FaceTimes with friends & shares a lot of “be kind to yourself in lockdown” content on IG

Samantha’s best friend Nellie was fired from her minimum wage job & Samamtha has been retweeting a lot of anticapitalist stuff ever since. She is going crazy stuck in her apartment in the Village but has enjoyed trying new creative pursuits, which she’s selling in her Etsy shop.

Kit has a picture of Dr. Fauci up in her room & has spent a lot of time fighting antivaxxers on Facebook. She published a piece on Medium about the effects of lockdown on extended families living together. She watches documentaries w/ her bf Stirling when he can get her to relax.

Molly’s dad is a doctor in the covid ICU, so she’s constantly stressed. The only thing keeping her sane is planning every detail of her & her girls’ group Halloween costume. She’s made a lot of sourdough & has Killing Eve on constantly.