https://johnnycirucci.com/raggedy-ann-the-real-story/ Where Resistance is Rising! Fri, 22 Apr 2022 23:29:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 https://johnnycirucci.com/raggedy-ann-the-real-story/#comment-322850 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 23:29:48 +0000 http://johnnycirucci.com/?p=8922#comment-322850 The lame Snopes and Wikipedia’s excuse that the dolls were not created by a grieving father in remembrance of his daughter simply because the dolls were already in the patent process when she died, are missing the point that countless tokens and objects over time have been adopted for secondary uses and objects of remembrance that had no connection to the initial reason for the token/object being created in the first place. SHAME on Snopes and Wikipedia. SHAME!

]]> https://johnnycirucci.com/raggedy-ann-the-real-story/#comment-322046 Sat, 09 Apr 2022 04:11:03 +0000 http://johnnycirucci.com/?p=8922#comment-322046 That’s quite an informative article, Johnny! I never heard before that the Raggedy Ann doll is associated with it anti-vax movement. My wife Tess from the Philippines had never seen one before.

]]> https://johnnycirucci.com/raggedy-ann-the-real-story/#comment-294695 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 15:16:58 +0000 http://johnnycirucci.com/?p=8922#comment-294695 Never knew this. I came here to learn about Raggedy Ann because my 5 year old asked…guess I don’t have a good story, so I won’t tell it :-(

]]> https://johnnycirucci.com/raggedy-ann-the-real-story/#comment-205244 Sun, 23 May 2021 11:40:13 +0000 http://johnnycirucci.com/?p=8922#comment-205244 Great article.

]]> https://johnnycirucci.com/raggedy-ann-the-real-story/#comment-193867 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 21:09:35 +0000 http://johnnycirucci.com/?p=8922#comment-193867 Raggedy Ann.. not a pretty story… But meaningful…!

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