The “Friends” View of Dolls: Are you Monica, Phoebe, or Rachel?
(Photo courtesy of Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions — NBC) The other night, I happened to be...
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Play Misty for Me: Misty Copeland Becomes a Barbie
(Photo courtesy of Mattel) During the first week of May, Mattel announced their newest doll...
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A Mother’s Memoir: Gloria Vanderbilt Has Lived Her Life Through Dolls
(Photo: HBO/Moxie Firecracker Films) If I were to pick any person on the planet with whom I have a...
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Myth or Reality? The Rise of the Female Warrior
(Epeira Diademata by Virgine Ropars) Beginning in late April, and snaking its way through the...
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Future Shock: Robots are here, and they’re just big cuddly dolls, right?
Photo courtesy of the University of Science and Technology in China/USTC Wow, we live in a world...
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Heart to Heart: A troupe of actors and figural-art creations make theater magic
Rise up, members of the doll community! Truly rise up and flock to see “The Woodsman”....
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Make My Day: Make a Doris Day Doll!
Photo courtesy of Collier’s Magazine/John Florea Photography, 1952 When Doris Day released a...
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Farewell, Patty Duke: A Class Act and a Collector’s Dream
Photo courtesy of Linda G. McIntyre, Personal Collection It’s always sad when we hear about...
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When Doll Love Goes Wrong: A Cautionary Tale
“Oskar and Alma Double Portrait,” Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Whenever my friend Mickey gets...
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Can You Be a Feminist and a Doll Enthusiast?
Photo courtesy DLI/NYU Education With March designated as Women’s History Month, a very...
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Who Was Rosie the Riveter? And Why Does She Matter?
Photo courtesy of Debbie Ritter, Uneek Doll Designs, Etsy March is Women’s History Month,...
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Discover Harper Lee’s Legacy for Collectors, Doll Artists, and American Girls
A bit of our shared American childhood died Feb. 19, 2016. On that day, Nelle Harper Lee passed...
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Toy Fair: Entering the presidential race, doll candidates have something to say about US, us!
My fellow Americans, it wasn’t so long ago that the idea of a female president of the United...
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Swooning for Superheroes? They’re soaring everywhere at Toy Fair
Like with every other Toy Fair gathering for the past century, it snowed — and it snowed heavily —...
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Like RuPaul Says, Love Yourself . . . and Your Fashion Doll Will Follow
In my previous blog, I brought up the heartfelt (somewhat heated) exchange that I endured with my...
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Could You Live Your Doll’s Life? And Should You Want That?
There’s been a lot of talk this past week about Barbie and her brand-new body. I’ll discuss it at...
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Boy, Oh Boy!
Boy dolls are the king of mayhem in the Hollywood horror world. What’s up with that? It’s a new...
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Barbie Blockbuster: Toyland’s Golden Girl Goes for Film Stardom—for real!
So, I woke up this morning and grabbed a cup of semi-warm coffee from my Keurig. I don’t know how...
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Dangerous Curves Ahead: Catwoman Makes Her Mark
The songwriter Jim Steinman—best known for putting the words right into singer Meat Loaf’s mouth—once observed that “good girls go to Heaven, but bad girls go everywhere else!” COSMO magazine founder Helen Gurley Brown said...
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Big-Screen Goldmine: Jem and the Holograms are next, but the Cabbage Patch Kids/American Hustle mash-up could be really big!
Integrity Toys’ special Hollywood Edition of Jem. Jem was originally made by Hasbro. Kelly...
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