Happy 50th Birthday, Barbie!
On March 9th, 1959 the Barbie doll was introduced at a New York Toy Fair. Since then she’s had many careers, outfits, hair and skin colors and his celebrating her birthday in the company of millions of devotees and critics looking on. We’ll look back on Barbie’s life with Columbia University Sociologist STEVEN DUBIN and The Nation magazine writer KATHA POLLIT. Listen to the mp3
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