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Princesses and Spinning Wheels
Carlee Bradbury (Radford University)
For little girls, princess culture is everywhere. Carlee Bradbury says it’s been that way for hundreds and hundreds of years.
The Good Girl
darlene anita scott (Virginia State University)
darlene anita scott collages and poems explore Black girlhood and the beautiful resistance Black girls and women engage in everyday.
Girl Games
Kelsey Cummings (Christopher Newport University)
In Barbie Magical Fashion, you can design your very own cover model outfit. Lady Popular lets you compete in a fashion battle. Fashion Doll Makeover starts with skincare–facials, pore strips, acne treatments–before you move to the dress up challenge. Kelsey Cummings says all these games targeted at girls are training them on a very specific kind of womanhood.
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