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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

"I never asked for a Barbie. I preferred games that centred around imagination. My brothers and I would play imaginary games where we had a whole storyline going, and we'd stage sword fights, rehearsing each move so we could look 'badass' and not hurt each other."


-Leah, 17, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Australia 

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