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A Feminist Defense of Barbie as She Turns 60

Even at six, when wielding my very first Barbie, I knew that she was a doll and that neither I nor any other woman was supposed to look like her. There were and are many pernicious images in the culture that sow discontent, envy and shame in girls—but please, let’s not mistake Barbie for one of them.

YONA ZELDIS MCDONOUGH, “A Feminist Defense of Barbie as She Turns 60,” 

The Lilith Blog, 2019.