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Boys Playing with Dolls Helps Prepare Them to be Nurturing Fathers

March 1, 2018 by Robbie Samuels

Scrolling through my Facebook feed the other day, I found a post that made me both incensed and sad: Today […]

Filed Under: gender / sexuality, play Tagged With: bullying, dolls, gender roles, stereotypes, toys

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Civil Rights Era Character Joins American Girl Doll Line

February 23, 2017 by Christopher Persley

American Girl introduced Melody Ellison last year as part of its historical doll line with a backstory about living in Civil Rights era Detroit.

Filed Under: education, ethnicity / race, NYC, play Tagged With: dolls, review, toys

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Melody Ellison: American Girl Enters the Civil Rights Movement

February 2, 2017 by Creed Anthony

American Girl has created a new African American doll, Melody Ellison, with a backstory based around the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.

Filed Under: ethnicity / race, play Tagged With: dolls, toys

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