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The Gift America Needs Most: Manufacturing

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Harley-Davidson, Barbie, Manufacturing Strategy, Steel, Derivatives, Erector Set, Manufacturing, Wall Street Journal, Santa, Unemployment, General Motors, Wall Street, Great Recession, Furlough, New York Times, Monopoly, Business News

The gift this country needs most this holiday season is an economy built on a solid foundation, one that will provide middle class, family-supporting jobs now and into the future.

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What's Under Your Burka, Barbie?

Mona Eltahawy | Posted 12.21.2009 | World

Read More: France, Lingerie, Muslim, Sarkozy, Women, Barbie, Saudi Arabia, Burka, Niqab, World News

Who needs Ken when Burka Barbie can have Angry Bearded Muslim Man as her companion? (I want my share of royalties for that idea).

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The Story of Another Manual Typewriter's Journey

Carol Hoenig | Posted 12.01.2009 | Books

Read More: Olivetti Typewriter, Barbie, Writing, New York Times, Upstate New York, Smith & Corona, Passion, Long Island, Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer, Writers, Authors, Books, Typewriters, Manual Typewriters, Books News

When other girls were asking for Barbie dolls, I was wishing for a typewriter, one that would actually tap out a world of my own creation.

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Would You Buy an Overweight Barbie?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Skinny, Barbie, Model, Anorexia, Eating Disorders, Obesity, Womens Health, Ralph Lauren, Victoria's Secret, Living News

The average woman in the U.S. is 5'4" and around 142 lbs. She is not modeling anything.

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11 Things Wal-Mart Has Banned

blogs.static.mentalfloss.com | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Banned Walmart Products, Walmart, Barbie, Superbad, Wal-Mart, Business News

Retail giant Wal-Mart is the world's largest public company, and whether or not you're a fan of shopping at the House that Sam Walton Built, you've go...

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The Libertarian Gotcha

Harry Moroz | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Protection, Cpsc, Libertarians, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Toymakers, Small Business, Barbie, Mattel, Business News

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act is generating quite a bit of controversy for a measure designed to protect children from lead and other unsafe consumer products.

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What Is 'The Barbie'? And How Does One Do It?

Zandile Blay | Posted 09.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Fashion, Barbie, Fashionistas, Style News

My heart and my mind are in the midst of a fierce battle: to love or loathe this YouTube video. My mind is in shock, my heart is in love. While they ...

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Letterman Should Call Himself Letterperson from Now On

Catie Lazarus | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mean Girls, National Organization for Women, Barbie, Liberals, Trig Palin, Nanny, Bridge to Nowhere, Immigration, Pro-Life, Feminism, Barack Obama, Teenagers, Stephen Colbert, Obama S Dog, Math, Jon Stewart, Jay Leno, Alpha Female, Sarah Palin, Illegal Immigrants, Teen Pregnancy, Jimmy Kimmel, Tina Fey, Pro-Choice, Jimmy Fallon, Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, David Letterman, Politics News

Sarah, how creepy is it that NOW is jumping on your bandwagon? Trying to be friends with the alpha popular princess by sweeping abortion, pay parity, stem cell research under the rug!

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Marketing a Media Renaissance at Media Bistro Circus

Eric Shutt | Posted 07.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Happycorp, Barbie, Media Bistro Circus, Meida Bistro, Marketing, Social Media, Moma, Fanscape, Jumping in Art Museums, Guitar Hero, Social Media Marketing, Media News

The social spaces of yesterday are being replaced by a new blend of digital pixels and material places.

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Barbie Survives Recession: Store Opens In China, The First Of Its Kind (VIDEO)

Al Jazeera | Melissa Chan | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Barbie, Barbie Store, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Shanghai-China, China, Shanghai, Advocacy, Shanghai Barbie Store, Business News

China's economic resilience during the global downturn is attracting a growing number of American companies. One of them is the toymaker Mattel, make...

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Open Letter to American Girl Dolls

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 06.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Rebecca Rubin, Barbie, Economic Recession, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, American Girl, Advertising, Style News

The Ming Lee doll was adopted from a Chinese orphanage and flown to America to join her celebrity family and meet her Ethiopian and Cambodian siblings.

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Of Barbies, Bratz and Bimbos

Elizabeth Birch | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Gender Stereotypes, Bratz, Barbie, Women, Girls Body Image, Truechild, Living News

We can do better than feed a continuous diet of dolls that celebrate eating disorders to our kids, and then wonder why they are expressing a desire to diet as early as third grade.

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Beauty and the Vegetable

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Barbie, Beauty, European-Union, Beauty Pageants, West Virginia, Vegetables, European Commission, Living News

West Virginia is concerned with beauty and the European Union is concerned with ugly.

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Cock Ring Ken: Dumping Western Consumer Products in Eastern Europe?

Scott Diel | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Dumping, Sweden, Samsung, Barbie, Eastern Europe, Ken, Estonia, Mattel, Nardi, World News

I imagine manufacturers' warehouses full of defective appliances awaiting shipment to Eastern Europe where many customers haven't yet a clue they're supposed to be king. Does this, in fact, happen?

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New Rule: Bat Out Of Mattel

Bill Maher | Posted 04.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Bill Maher Barbie, Barbie 50th Anniversary, Barbie, Ken, Comedy News

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A Letter to Barbie: Happy 50th Birthday.

Janice Taylor | Posted 04.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Well-Being, Happiness, Dolls, Janice Taylor, Barbie, Kick in the Tush Club, Birthday Cake, Life & Happiness Coach, Diet, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Childhood, Living News

I miss you, Barbie. I really do, and I apologize for abruptly packing you and Ken up into your dollhouse and selling you to the kid down the street for movie and gasoline money.

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Younger Than Barbie, Older Than Barack

Chip Conley | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Barak Obama, Barbie, Credit Card Debt, National Debt, TED Conference, Economic Crisis, Business News

Barack's Inaugural address basically told us it's time to grow up. I guess he was speaking to me and my classmates who've been "kids in the candy store" for most of our adult life.

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My Brunch with Barbie

Nina Hartley | Posted 04.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Pornography, Barbie, Barbie Turns 50, Feminist, Nina-Hartley, Nina Hartley, Barbie's Birthday, Feminism, Style News

Who could have known we would both end up as Rorschach tests for changing notions of femininity, alternately blamed for everything from anorexia to promiscuity and hailed as icons of sexual liberation.

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Barbie Doll Advertisements Through The Ages

The Big Money | By Amy Tennery and Win Rosenfeld | Posted 04.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Barbie Advertising, Barbie Doll, Barbie, Barbie Doll Advertisements, Advertisements Barbie, Barbie Doll Advertising, Home News

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Barbie: Always A Bridesmaid, Never A Bride

Wendy Braitman | Posted 04.05.2009 | Style

Read More: Ruth Handler, A-Single-Woman, Spinster, Barbie, Mattel, Style News

Barbie will turn 50 on March 9. She has never married. Think about that for a minute. The ideal, American pin-up girl is a spinster.

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Barbie In China: Mattel To Open Barbie Superstore In Shanghai

GlobalPost.com | Emily Rauhala | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: Mattel Shanghai, Barbie, Mattel, Barbie China, Barbie Shanghai, Mattel China, China, Shanghai, Barbie 50, Barbai Shanghai, World News

HONG KONG -- Tall, blond, impossibly large breasts. Barbie stands out anywhere, but in China, she really turns heads. And that, of course, is exactl...

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Photos: The Step-By-Step Making Of Barbie

DesignBoom.com | Posted 03.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Making of Barbie, Barbie Process, Barbie, Style News

The doll is sold in 150 countries, has represented more than 50 nationalities and ethnicities. 'totally hair barbie' was released in 1992. the doll's ...

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Barbie Designer Jack Ryan Exposed: New Book Details Sex Obsession

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Jack Ryan Barbie, Barbie Creator Sex, Jack Ryan, Sex, Jack Ryan Barbie Sex, Jack Ryan Barbie Creator, Jack Ryan Mattel, Jack Ryan Creator of Barbie, Barbie Creator Jack Ryan, Barbie Creator, Barbie, Jack Ryan Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jack Ryan Barbie Doll, Jack Ryan Orgies, Barbie Creator Book, Jack Ryan and Barbie, Barbie Jack Ryan, Style News

Barbies just got a whole lot creepier thanks to revelations about the doll's designer Jack Ryan in Jerry Oppenheimer's new book "Toy Monster: The Big,...

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Amy Poehler Launches New Web Show (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Snl, Video, Barbie, Amy Poehler, Smart Girls at the Party, Entertainment News

SNL-veteran Amy Poehler recently launched a new web series called Smart Girls At The Party. Sponsored by Barbie, the show features Poehler as a 60 M...

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