If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, which unfortunately is now referred to as the late 1900s, chances are you have a nostalgic ...

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The weekslong doll-themed event will include an exhibit through July 26, a raffle for a chance to win a Barbie Dreamhouse, and a “Tea with Barbie” on July 27.

What Davis did find were academic texts and papers, mainly written by Black women, describing the impact a Black Barbie or other Black dolls can have on young people's self esteem. But ...

And nothing looks better with vintage Barbie than vintage furniture,” Ruppender says ... (Constance Ruppender/Courtesy) The weekslong doll-themed event will include the exhibit through July 26, a ...

Barbie is the one doll that spawned an entire ... If it’s a limited edition vintage doll, those can go up to thousands in the collector’s market. Image Credit: Madame Alexander Doll Company.

Barbie is the one doll that spawned an entire thriving franchise ... Especially if it is signed by the Pleasant Company, which created the dolls. If it’s a limited edition vintage doll, those can go ...

in particular — are more than just dolls to people like her aunt. That's how Davis stumbled on Black Barbie's origin story — and found out her aunt played a role Loading YouTube content After ...

Two girls play with a Barbie Dreamhouse, 1994 Credit: Getty Why do we think that girls love dolls? Plaything, prisoner, best friend, victim, cipher, mirror: whatever a doll can be is eerily mapped ...

As filmmaker Lagueria Davis illustrates in Netflix’s “Black Barbie: A Documentary,” the doll has had quite the journey since then. Davis was inspired to create the film after learning her ...

Netflix It took Mattel until 1980 to debut its first Black Barbie doll, which was designed by trailblazer Kitty Black Perkins, who appears throughout the film. “Getting a Black Barbie was a very ...

In 1960 or 1961, she encouraged Mattel founder Ruth Handler to create a Black Barbie doll — an “act of revolution,” UCLA professor Patricia A. Turner says in the documentary. (at the time ...