Meet the American Girl doll collection’…

Meet the American Girl doll collection’s newest addition: The limited edition homeless doll, “Gwen Thompson.”

You have an African-American doll, an American Indian doll. A Jewish one. A doll who “lived” during the Great Depression, and one from the Roaring ’20s. And while you were snoozing, the creators of American Girl, which is sold by Mattel, got bold. They engaged in all-out political indoctrination.

Snuck into the collection is a doll that comes with a biography that is weird and potentially offensive enough to keep Mom running to the Maalox. Gwen, you see, is harboring a terrible secret. She is homeless. A homeless doll.

In the history books that come with every American Girl doll — bringing to life these little monsters until impressionable little ones believe they are actual people — you learn that Gwen’s father walked out on the family. Her mother lost her job.

As the little kiddies learn to read about this doll as if she’s a human being, one learns that, as fall turned into winter, Gwen’s mom lost her grip. Mother and daughter started bedding down in a car.

For $95 — more than your average homeless person would dream of spending on a rather mediocre baby substitute — Gwen Thompson can be yours. A mixed message if ever there was one.

If you’d like a doll desk, doll horse, doll clothes, doll trunk, a medical kit — suitable for pretending to administer doll drugs — that will cost you extra. A lot extra. Did I mention how wildly successful this series is?

The author of this goes on to insinuate that in real life, a child whose mother is homeless ought to be taken by the state. I disagree. I don’t think parents should lose custody of their children just because they don’t have money. I don’t think that is a very ‘Muslim position’ to take on the matter, so I’m curious why a Muslim blogger is promoting this on her blog.