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Article: Beyond the Values of the Dolls
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- The Village Voice
- Article date:
- January 16, 2008
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AND DEEP INTO THEIR BACKSTORIES AND POLITICAL VIEWS. INANIMATE? I DON'T THINK SO.
The Cabbage Patch dolls drooled all over the ballots and ate the hanging chads, the Bratz have criminal records and are ineligible to vote, but the American Girl dolls are taking the upcomingpresidential elections ultra-seriously. After all, justbecause someone is 18 inches tall and has a head made of vinyl doesn't mean she's given up her right to the franchise. When your very name is "American Girl," doesn't that guarantee your right to be as excited about the primaries as the next inanimate object?
These dolls may all have exactly the same face, but their political opinions are all over the map. Their views ...