3: A Surprise Party in the (Not Yet) U.S.A.

Dolls of Our Lives

Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney

Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

There’s a governor’s ball and Felicity WILL dance (and cry along the way) if she wants to in Felicity’s Surprise. In unpacking this third installment, Mary and Allison discuss the extent to which the title character’s surprise is not just a new dress or doll but the extent to which “woke” Ben wants her to be domesticated. We also trace the feverish dots between Mrs. Merriman’s illness, The Yellow Wallpaper, and Theranos. If you didn’t see the Elizabeth Holmes/Felicity Merriman connection coming, hold your horses–there’s also a colonial Williamsburg/Bachelor Nation tie-in. This is one we couldn’t wait to drop. Great analysis of Golden Girls and chronic fatigue syndrome: https://nursingclio.org/2018/09/25/golden-girls-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-and-the-legacies-of-hysteria/ Holiday Magic is Made by Women, and it’s Killing Us: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/emotional-labor-holidaysn5a1ec905e4b0d724fed5588a

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0:00.0	I don't know if it's in a shanty song but there's like a jaw roll song where it's like
0:04.4	da da da da da da da da da da da.
0:07.2	And it's like shanty, murder ink. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, so my days are long without you.
0:15.0	Oh my days are long without you.
0:17.0	Do my day is a little her you're
0:20.0	my name.
0:21.0	Powerful stuff.
0:23.0	It's foolish, which is something we could use to describe Felicity.
0:26.0	Whoo, yep, that'll do it. Hello Allison as we listen to the opening melody of a true classic called Foolish by the one and only
0:46.5	Ashanti. It's great to be back episode three, feeling fresh, feeling alive. Here we are to discuss Felicity's Surprise a Christmas story.
0:56.0	And just to remind our listeners, this is the show where we're going to be reliving the American
1:01.1	Girl series one book at a time. So thanks to everyone who's
1:05.3	listened so far. I'm Mary and I'm still Allison. Still Allison, interesting
1:11.2	choice but you know I respect that.
1:13.0	So...
1:14.0	I'm not a surprise this episode.
1:16.0	Another surprise.
1:17.0	I would love it if you changed your name and just were like I'm doing that.
1:20.0	You know who did change her name?
1:21.0	I'm afraid to know. Yes. It's Colonial Williamsburg, which is why we've entitled this episode, a surprise party in the not yet USA.
1:30.6	That's true. You know, we're still living in these colonial times. I'm not really in love with it, but we got to do what we got to do.
1:38.0	Absolutely.
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