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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, May 7, 2011

Has playing Barbies as a child affected who you are today?

"My Barbies kissed each other. My Barbies slept with each other in the same bed. And had they been able to talk, they would have told you that this was normal. And when I grew up, girls kissing girls was still normal."


-Doreen, 18, Caucasian, lesbian female from Canada

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