![]() (And also: a variety of hairstyles, and eye colors, and “face sculpts.”) The doll will still be fairly cartoonish-this is Barbie, after all-but, from today, she can be bought in sizes “petite” and “tall” and “curvy.” (The terms, Time notes-the English euphemisms, as well as their translations into other languages-were extensively debated by Mattel marketing executives.) She can also, just as importantly, be bought in seven different skin tones. Barbie, the doll that the Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler modeled after Lilli and introduced at the World’s Fair in 1959, will now come in a variety of shapes and shades. ![]() It’s that impulse of small humans-to treat dolls as vehicles not just of amusement, but of aspiration-that makes today’s news such a big deal. Let the Record Show Is an Essential Story of the AIDS Movement Dagmawi Woubshet
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