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THE ILLUSIONISTS -  a documentary about body image and globalizationTHE ILLUSIONISTS -  a documentary about body image and globalizationTHE ILLUSIONISTS -  a documentary about body image and globalizationTHE ILLUSIONISTS -  a documentary about body image and globalization
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    Color Apartheid & Gender Polarization: Why Pink Stinks change for the betterchildrenconsumerismcontradictory-messagescorporate hypocrisyhidden propagandaKGOYnew marketssexismtoys
    November 30, 2009

    Color Apartheid & Gender Polarization: Why Pink Stinks

    The UK Telegraph recently ran an article about Pink Stinks, an organization founded by my…
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    Barbie's 50th Birthday childrenconsumerismcorporate hypocrisyhidden propagandaKGOYnew marketstoys
    March 9, 2009

    Barbie's 50th Birthday

    Barbie may be turning 50 today, but the doll it was modeled on, its doppelganger,…
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    Because Every Little Chinese Girl Dreams of Being a Blond Haired, Blue-Eyed Shopaholic advertisingbodychildrencorporate hypocrisyhidden propagandaKGOYnew marketsracismself-imagetoysTV commercials
    March 7, 2009

    Because Every Little Chinese Girl Dreams of Being a Blond Haired, Blue-Eyed Shopaholic

    According to this story on NPR, Mattel recently opened a six-story Barbie flagship store in…
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    An Egregious Example of Corporate Hypocrisy, Part II: Barbie dolls advertisingchildrenconsumerismcontradictory-messagescorporate hypocrisyhidden propagandaKGOYnew marketsPSAtoysTV commercials
    February 21, 2009

    An Egregious Example of Corporate Hypocrisy, Part II: Barbie dolls

    Last October, I wrote a post unmasking Dove's corporate hypocrisy and cynicism. Today, I discovered…
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