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The Barbie Interviews Project intends to start a discussion about how gender roles and societal structures are taught to children through user-submitted anecdotes about Mattel's iconic doll.



Saturday, April 30, 2011

How did other people influence the way you played Barbies?

"I never felt comfortable playing with toys when other people were around because a lot of it involved, like acting out conversations and whatnot, that I figured would've looked silly (talking to myself and whatnot) if someone else saw me."


-Addison, 20, Puerto Rican, gynesexual, androgynous individual from the United States 

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