On AlterNet: barbie

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "barbie"

Barbie's "Fat Ankles"? 9 of the Doll's Most Embarrassing Controversies

Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check. October 13, 2009.
The doll's history is filled with gender, body image and racial gaffes.

Barbie's Sordid Sexual History

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. January 10, 2009.
Orgies, prostitutes and Zsa Zsa Gabor?

Bratz Dolls: Worse Than Barbie?

Abby West, Sirens Magazine. August 22, 2007.
How a saucer-eyed, saucy-dressing line of dolls made Barbie the far lesser of two feminist evils.

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