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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.



Thursday, May 5, 2011

"As a young child my Barbies held traditional gender roles, but as I grew older this changed (I specifically remember ripping one of my favorite Barbie dresses trying to put it on Ken and then hiding it from my parents because I knew they wouldn't approve)."


-Glenda, 24, Caucasian, queer female from Connecticut, USA

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