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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.



Monday, June 6, 2011

Did you ever play with imperfect dolls?

"Yes, I did. I would play normally with the ones that weren't too badly damaged, but the ones with bad hair were always wearing hats. I used the ones without heads as mannequins for my barbie clothes."


-Helena, 15, Persian, heterosexual female from Toronto, Canada 

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