61: How to Save a Life: Meet Kaya

Dolls of Our Lives

Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney

Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This episode finds us deep in two distant and distinct time periods: the 18th century and the year 2002. Set in 1764, Meet Kaya (2002) features a strong girl from the Nimiipuu people (also known as the Nez Perce tribe). Kaya enjoys riding her horse and being with her family. Though Kaya's stories don't follow the same arc as other American Girls, trust us that this book has a bit of everything, including lessons on "boasting," weaving, how to shed undesirable nicknames, and racing ambitions. Moving at a classic Janet Shaw warp speed, Kaya and her horse Steps High ALSO step up and save the day, well before book six. Join us as we go back in time (again) and for the first time, go beyond the OGAG six whose stories we knew well. Together, we try to learn what Beforever means as we puzzle over the year that gave us both the Justin/Britney breakup and this character billed as the "first American Girl."

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0:34.4	is provided. Search home office jobs to find out more. Mary, I want to set a scene for you.
0:42.4	Okay, I'm ready. You come home, you turn on the television. Azzy Azborn's family is on the screen.
0:50.1	Oh boy. And Nicole Smith is on the screen. Oh my god. You look at the people cover of the man
0:57.2	of the year. Ben Affleck is featured in a side profile. Oh my god. No dunkeys cup.
1:03.9	You then look at your Rolling Stone magazine. Justin Timberlake is shirtless. No.
1:09.5	Last but not least, you have a CD on the counter, and it's Christina Aguilar is dirty.
1:15.3	Two hours. Mary, what year is it? Could it be a time of great depravity and innocence? 2002? You got it.
1:34.1	Welcome everyone to American Girls. This is the podcast where we're reliving the American Girl
1:39.2	series book by book. I'm Mary. I'm still Allison. Wow, Allison, like you've really captivated my
1:45.5	imagination by taking us to 2002. It's like there's so many images running through my head. Like
1:50.9	I'm sort of traumatized. I'm reliving all like some of their parts of me where I'm like did that
1:55.3	happen? I remember this period quite well. So this was my sophomore year of high school. And so
2:02.4	I mentioned that partially for context that we were just a smidge older in our lifetimes for
2:08.5	Kaia who we're talking about today. But it also seems to be quite a bit of a time of awakening,
2:15.2	post 9-11. There was a lot of post 9-11 awakenings. You mentioned Christina Aguilar. I went to that
2:21.8	tour. I went to the dirty tour. There was a brief tour that she went on with Justin Timberlake
2:27.4	when he was emerging as a solo artist. And I think he was like, I don't know if I can draw just me.
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