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	<title>Dolls of Color &#187; african american</title>
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		<title>So in Style Pastry &#8211; Grace &amp; Chandra Photos!</title>
		<link>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2011/so-in-style-pastry-grace-chandra-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2011/so-in-style-pastry-grace-chandra-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[african american]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yay! Thanks to a certain very awesome person &#8211; my Pastry girls are here! Grace Chandra Photos of Kara &#038; Trichelle to be added tomorrow Other updates on the life of me&#8230; - I&#8217;m still unemployed&#8230; but I&#8217;m enjoying this longer-than-usual holiday! - just took all four of my wisdom teeth out this Monday &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So in Style Rocawear Wave 2 &#8211; Photos</title>
		<link>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2010/so-in-style-rocawear-wave-2-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2010/so-in-style-rocawear-wave-2-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[african american]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[just photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[male dolls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just some (or a lot) photos of the Rocawear Wave 2 dolls Grace Chandra Trichelle Kara Darren (same as from Rocawear Wave 1) and now for some bonus pics of the super adorable cutie Julian (not part of Rocawear set) Camera used &#8211; Sony DSC-W100 ie. 2006 model, digital compact automatic camera, 8.1mp&#8230; nothing fancy&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flashdance Jennifer Beals to be Barbiefied&#8230; in white</title>
		<link>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2010/flashdance-jennifer-beals-barbiefied-white/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2010/flashdance-jennifer-beals-barbiefied-white/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 12:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Popular Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[african american]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brown skin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[erasure & exclusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people of color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whitewashing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women of color]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As part of their Ladies of the 80&#8242;s Barbie doll series, Mattel is making a miniature Alex Owens as played by Jennifer Beals from the iconic 1980&#8242;s movie Flashdance (1983). The doll looks like this&#8230; Basically that&#8217;s&#8230; &#8230; in that same pale skin tone too&#8230; &#8230; wearing&#8230; (plus black singlet under the grey sweater and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Token Color &#8211; BB Model 05 &amp; SiS RW Grace</title>
		<link>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/token-color-bb-model-05-sis-rw-grace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/token-color-bb-model-05-sis-rw-grace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[african american]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dark skin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debbie garret]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international availability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[little black dress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outside America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[so in style]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tokenism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In normal human language&#8230; Token Color &#8211; one of some ethnicities NOT European-Caucasian (because Caucasians aren&#8217;t neccessarily all of European descent even though the common usage of the word implies otherwise). BB Model 05 &#038; SiS RW Grace &#8211; Barbie Basics Model #05 AND So in Style Rocawear Grace Why is BB Model 05 a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Happened to the Olmec Corporation?</title>
		<link>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/what-happened-to-the-olmec-corporation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/what-happened-to-the-olmec-corporation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Market Place]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[african american]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yla eason]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of those &#8220;I don&#8217;t know the answer and I hope you do&#8221; type of questions&#8230; Recently, I&#8217;d purchased an Imani &#038; Menelik set from a fellow collector. They were made by a company called the Olmec Corporation. I jumped onto google and found&#8230; pretty much nothing about them. The blurb on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pretty As Is &#8211; The Sisterhood Boutique</title>
		<link>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/pretty-as-is-the-sisterhood-boutique/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/pretty-as-is-the-sisterhood-boutique/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dolls of Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[african american]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big dolls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pretty as is]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the sisterhood boutique]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the 12th of October, I&#8217;d received an email from the PR of Pretty As Is dolls. Yup&#8230; that&#8217;s more than two weeks ago&#8230; I do apologise for being so slow&#8230; in fact&#8230; I&#8217;m so slow that these dolls have already been posted on other blogs! So instead of repeating the same information, please check [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brief Update + Lots of Bragging&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/brief-update-lots-of-bragging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/brief-update-lots-of-bragging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dolls of Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[african american]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barbie dolls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dark skin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shani and friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stacey mcbride-irby]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello my friends Real life has been hectic (mostly of the work kind) and I haven&#8217;t had a proper chance to add a post of which I have many still sitting in my mind as is usual&#8230; I have requested an email interview with Stacy McBride Irby &#8211; she has said yes &#8211; so now [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Eye Colours of Black Dolls</title>
		<link>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/the-eye-colours-of-black-dolls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/the-eye-colours-of-black-dolls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dolls of Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[african american]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alpha kappa alpha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brown eyes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A comment by Dani (091010) on my First Thoughts on SiS Dolls (090618) got me looking a little bit more closer at the eyes of my African American dolls&#8230; It is no secret that in America, the majority of African American people have some white ancestry and for that matter, a lot of white people [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sneak Peek &#8211; SiS Stylin&#8217; Hair Dolls</title>
		<link>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/sneak-peek-sis-stylin-hair-dolls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/sneak-peek-sis-stylin-hair-dolls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dolls of Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[african american]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black dolls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[so in style]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[*image is being used with permission from the owner/photographer.]]></description>
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		<title>Not all Black dolls by Mattel are Shani</title>
		<link>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/not-all-black-dolls-by-mattel-are-shani/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/not-all-black-dolls-by-mattel-are-shani/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dolls of Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[african american]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black dolls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brown skin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mattel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shani and friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sociological studies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I need a nudie shot of a Shani body mould &#8211; doesn&#8217;t have to be black, can be deathly white if need be&#8230; so onto Google I go! And I stumbled upon this article&#8230; The Commodification of Blackness by Sosophrank’s Media Fascinations &#8211; 090604 Now, as an essay by itself it&#8217;s totally fine, the arguments [...]]]></description>
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