The Naked Truth

Thousands of years ago human beings roamed the earth in their full naked glory. Armed with nothing but spheres and bravery, they live their day to day lives unabashed of the fact that they are... well... nude.

As years went by and as men became more and more educated (or uneducated for that matter), brought about by civilization, they developed some sense of self consciousness and eventually, their naked way of life became taboo.

Before we begin, let me ask you this question: 

"What are you wearing when you are taking a bath?"

Well i thought so. 

Why is it that we are comfortable naked in solitude but not usually in front of another person?

Why is it that another person's naked body becomes too controversial even though each and everyone of us have the same exact thing that one person have? (well... almost.)

Why do mojority of us are so repulsed at the sight of a naked man or woman and yet... we can't refuse not to look... or even take a peek?

Your answers probably are just as good as mine.

Bringing this subject closer to home, I want to take all of you down Stardoll memory lane and have a glimpse at how nudity played itself amidst Dollywood and its uber conservative residents.

In early 2008, at the height of her glory, Style_Magazine shocked everyone when she appeared in her birthday suit on a blog banner for a column over at PSG.

The banner got mixed reviews, majority of which are harsh irrelevant ones, but this sealed Style's position as one of Dollywood's greatest celebrities.

The controversy eventually died down. Style's column got cancelled but the fact still remains that nudity is one subject that is to be left untouched by any peace loving Stardollian. 

Towards the end of 2008, MDM's very first graphic designer Vittorio came out with a graphic that again, shook the very foundation Dollywood was built on.

The Bare Beauties article generated more than a hundred comments within three days. Blogs after blogs after blogs wrote about it, again with mixed reviews and opinions. Some found it trashy. Others found it divine. 

Back then... i found in it pixels. 

The chaos didn't stop Vittorio from doing graphics and one of my all time favorite was the one he did of Steelone.

...Steelone who in early 2009 came up with a depiction of herself in her full naked glory... with all the family jewels staring back at you (no pun intended).

Come 2010, there came Cover Magazine with a butt naked YoToo on the centerfold.

History repeats itself as they say and by 2011, perhaps most of us can still remember Undamyumbrellla's infamous nipple dress.

Unlike majority of its predecessors, this design was met with a lot of praises as it caught the eye of a lot of Dollywood fashionistas... It caught the attention of the Stardoll Admin as well.

Kasia's account got suspended for a couple of days and she was placed under probation. The it-dresses never got to see the light of day again.

Just this morning as I was approving friend requests, one user directed me to a link.

And here's what i found:

Playboy now in Stardoll? 

Apparently... YES.

Hypocrisy aside, I am interested to see how this turns out. 

If things will come out tasteful and classy or if it will just fall within the expectations of a lot of people towards a magazine as such.

At the end of the day, we all ask ourselves these questions: 

Why do we find shame in something we do everyday?

Who decides on what is immoral and offensive against something that's just real and factual?

Is the new generation of Stardoll more open minded when it comes to things like this?

I guess, the answers to these questions will just unravel through time. I just hope that i'll still be around for me to know them.

-N-

Scene & Heard: Be Flexible

For the last few weeks we have had tasks that do not require much posing. This is because posing is really an acquired skill and I wanted to give everyone the chance to win! But this week is taking a 360, and it is all about the posing. 

So all you have to do is create a scenery with the best pose you can (keep in mind that it is better to have it be neat, than complex), and post a link of it in the comments! If you'd like some help on posing go here: http://editorializedsd.blogspot.com/p/lias-scenery-tutorials.html .

I'll announce 5-10 finalists who will then be put in a poll for the chance to win 50sd!

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COMPETITION RULES

1. You have to be an MDM follower to be able to join.
2. Sceneries that were digitally enhanced (ie: photoshop) will be disqualified.
3. Print screen your outfit and upload it to WWW.TINYPIC.COM (non Tinypic links will not be clicked on)
4. Post the link and your Stardoll username in the feedback section.
5. For SS, prizes will be given through the Starbazaar. For non-SS, prizes will be given in form of gifts equivalent to the amount of the prize.

Results

What a rough week. :P  Thank you, anon commentators, for you kind and thoughtful opinion (which I completly respect, don't get me wrong). Now that is behind us, lets get on with it, shall we?
Last week, as stated above, was rough. I made a competition that made absolutely no sense, picked outfits some people were not pleased with (what? I thought they were good), and to top it all off, I made brownies, and they burned. Well, here I am, ranting in the corner, for godness sake, we have a competition to do! I spite of all that, we have a winner of our "make it simple" competition.

The readers voted, and our winner for this week is..... xxImmiixx!
She won with 38.66% of the votes.  Here is her winning outfit:

Congrats! Her outfit was simply fantastic, and also the winner of 50 SD.  :) 

Thanks all for voting!
-Fins

Chronicles of Cora Premiere Night

Be there....

 

Be featured in the Best Dressed of the night and be one of the 5 lucky attendees to win 100 Stardollars each!

POSTSCRIPT:

For all the other folks not on EST, you may use this handy TIME ZONE CONVERTER for your convenience.

MDM's Next Top Blogger: Final Two

Around 5 months ago, we made a call on who would want to be a part of the MDM Family.

Hundreds of you responded but only 18 lucky hopefuls were able to make it:

Week after week, we were all floored by unbelievably intelligent literary pieces from these 18 boys and girls.

But knowing that this is a competition, sadly, we bid each and every single one  of them goodbye as we draw closer to that one special person.

Today, we already have the final two.

Five months ago, they were asked this one simple question:

"What differencce can you bring to MEDOLLMEMOIRES.BLOGSPOT.COM?"

...and these are their responses:

Today, as Sierra and Krystyna's final challenge, let's all here them as they answer this question for all of us:

"Why should you be MDM's Next Top Blogger?"

Good luck to you girls.

I am so proud of the two of you. :)

-Noelle-

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PRIZES: 1.) TITLE OF MDM'S NEXT TOP BLOGGER 2.) 14 MONTHS SUPERSTAR CODE (inclusive of 200 Stardollars weekly allowance coming to a total of 2,800 Stardollars 3.) 500 Stardollars Cash 4.) Permanent Writer Position at Stardoll's first ever Lifestyle Blog, medollmemoires.blogspot.com

You Wanted it!

So here it is!

The consensus is complete, and the majority of replies wanted the Stardoll Memorabilia Book!

Which will now be a full on guide to Dolly World!

to check it out, visit and follow the blog.

http://sddollyworld.blogspot.com/

Though it's still a work in project, I am excited to watch it grow with all of you.

Thanks again for taking interest in this movement.

This wouldn't be possible without the help and opinions of all of you.

Please Be My Guest?

Hello. This is a post to invite you guys to the grand opening of a new party venue.

 The Chimera.

 

The party is in

Most likely you haven't heard of it, most likely you don't care about it. Either that or you think I am fame-whoring it or think I am full of myself.

I am trying to be sincere as possible to get to people, but really, the reason I made this venue was to entertain the people. Really, all I wanted to do when creating The Classique Awards was to make something people enjoyed going to and having fun at, and I noticed people were growing bored with my awards.. so I just kept the aspect of the event (a.k.a. parties) and created something that everyone use/be a part of, which is The Chimera.

Believe, honest to God, I do not start my businesses to make myself famous nor do I think I am famous or liked for that matter.

All I want to do is create a fun environment that people can just party!

But.. I feel people don't believe me when I say that, nor believe I am a good person.. and thats okay I suppose, but I like to help solve problems, not make them.

So please, I want opinions and suggestion on what should I do with The Chimera, The Classique Awards, and my standing to you guys.

I just want to understand what makes me such a horrible person, okay?

Love, Dei

Scammer or Liar?

As you all may be aware, there was a recent post on Perez by elite-girl(Linda), stating that SeasonalHotbuys was hacked by Tylerisbold. 

That statement came through during Radio Perez when SeasonalHotbuys showed us "proof" of this. I immediately believed her because of my feelings towards Tyler. And also because I was told by him that they accounts were donated. He also asked me to help sell the items from SeasonalHotbuy's closet to his account for prizes.

These are the Skype messages I received from Tyler, months ago.

Asking me to help move the items.

Today I received Skype messages from Tyler after not talking for months. He said to me that he read what I said in a comment on PSG about him and he wanted me to know that he did not hack those accounts.

As you read, he goes onto say that those accounts were donated. And he provides his form of "proof"

These images below were sent to me by  Tyler. 

They are from SeasonalHotbuys, who was at the time on her other account.

Pop_star1234.

They do give out her passwords, Which Tyler says are now changed, so don't bother trying to log into her accounts, curious ones.

My only issue with this is the fact that he cannot provide messages that say she was donating the accounts.

So who do you believe?

The elite who has a scarred reputation?

And isn't well known for his people skills.

Or the seemingly nice girl that could be deceiving us?

What do you think?

Stardoll Memorabilia Book

Recently, I sent out a mass message to most of my Stardoll friends.

The message was this:

Dear Stardoll User,

(This is a mass message. My apologies)

I want to first thank you for opening this message. I do understand that Stardollians have a tendancy to steer clear of these types of messages. However, the details in this message could greatly benefit you.

Many Stardoll projects fail because users are not interested in what it has to offer. You are being notified to help build a consensus for a possible Stardoll-related project that I and a few graphic designers are interested in created. This project is a Stardoll Memorabilia Book. And I better you're wondering what the point of this would be. Every Stardollian wants one thing, and that is to be remembered. Whether they are here to stay for a while, or have already been here a while and are planning to leave. That's where The Stardoll Memorabilia Book comes in. For an undecided price, you feed us a synopsis of your personality. 

i.e.

Why you joined Stardoll.

What you've done with your time here.

Interests and fun facts.

A small bio consisting of as little or as much information as you want to reveal.

Anything your little heart desires.

After our graphic designers and myself are armed with your information, we will build you a graphic that is completely to your liking and filled with fun, little extras that are detailed to your interests. This is a scrapbook page, if you will, that is all about you.

This idea and possible project is not only to create a graphic memory of each and every Stardoll member, but also to let new members see and visualize who the founding members of Stardoll were. The people who built Stardoll, and made it into what it is today.

If you would be interested in this project and would strongly consider purchasing a page for yourself as well as following and being a supportive member, please be so kind as to reply to this message and say so! Also, if you have any additional ideas or would like to be a part of this project, toss that in as well.

Again, I want to thank you for your time.

With Love, Aislin Victory

These are just several of the responses I received.

(Click any to enlarge)

And now I want to hear from you!

What are your ideas on this project?

All of your opinions will decide its' fate.

Coming Soon on Teatro del MDM: Chronicles of Cora

MAKE WAY FOR HER THIS JUNE

We Want You!

Just recently, i got hooked on reading e-books. 

I am just so amazed at how convenient it was (...and how tech savvy it is) since i can just download-and-read anywhere and anytime i want to.

As if planned by some higher power, a really good friend of mine (and one of the best writers i know on Stardoll) went to me with a wonderful proposal that turned that light bulb up my head again.

I know a lot of your interests got piqued by this graphic we launched a couple of days ago about Teatro del MDM.

It is what it is. An e-theater.

We promise to bring you 360 degrees entertainment here on your first ever Stardoll Lifestyle Blog  and we are sticking to that promise. We will bring you news, gossips, commentaries, graphics, competitions and now... fiction.

And so, this is a call to all 'ye budding authors, scriptwriters and playwrights out there!

WE WANT YOU! 

We want you to take us to other places and dimensions through your writing and ultimately let other people know what writing is all about.

If you want to have your plays, series, novels or short stories published on here, Please drop by my Villa and leave me some doll mail. :)

...I'm waiting in anticipation.

-N-

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Postscript:

Apparently, Anonymous commenting is here to stay. 

We asked. You've answered.

..and so it shall be granted.

You... Yes, you Anonymous Persona, can still frolic around the MDM gardens all day and night all you want.

...just don't pick the flowers.

Make It Simple- Haute Buys

I open the first link. I am stunned.  Lets face it, last weeks post, a bit vague, with little direction. I would be hopelessly confused if I had read that. I guess the main reaction I got was "What?". Of course, my audience pulled through, giving me 20+ amazing outfits for the chance to win 50 Stardollars (or 500 Coins). For a refresher:
The challenge was to build an outfit around a simple piece, such as:

the Bias Draped Slinky Dress (19SD) from Rio, and build an outfit around that piece, using make-up, hair, clutches, shoes, leggings, whatever.  I got fantastic results! Here are our contestants:

pikandchew

supa_star4real

xxImmiixx

RulerOfRoses

Put your votes in now! Every one counts (that was cheesy)! Who will be the next winner of Haute Buys?

-Fins

PS. There was a very good entry from LadyGaGaMcQueen (below), but since she won last week, I was going to give others a turn. It may sound a bit too nice, but... yeah. Sorry, can't think of anything else to say! Haha :)