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	<title>Dolls of Color &#187; mattel</title>
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		<title>Barbie Fashionistas (Future Playline Dolls?)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dolls of Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barbie fashionistas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epic fail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[GOOD NEWS &#8211; these dolls are jointed! fantastic for posing! weeeee! BAD NEWS &#8211; no Hispanic or Asian characters&#8230; FOUR blondes&#8230; ONLY ONE Afro-looking doll&#8230; a brunette with blonde bits&#8230;let&#8217;s read again &#8211; FOUR blondes&#8230; but NOT ONE Hispanic or Asian character? *stumped* These facts were realised upon seeing the below image, since this series [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Style&#8230; Without Asians</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Popular Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2004 (or more like 2002-03), Mattel had the genius idea to create a line of Barbie doll and friends called Fashion Fever. These dolls wore up to date casual fashions and face make up. Sometime during 2004, they released a set of dolls wearing fashions influenced by the Fruit Styles found in Japanese youth [...]]]></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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		<title>Mattel&#8217;s Talented WOC Designers</title>
		<link>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/mattels-talented-woc-designers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/mattels-talented-woc-designers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dolls of Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doll designers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[linda kyaw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mattel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stacey mcbride-irby]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HT BCLisaS via Twitter Obviously Mattel MUST know that people/women of colour exist because they have in their employment these two uber talented and gorgeous doll designers! So can we get more dolls that look like your designers Mattel? (and thanks again to Stacey M-I for those lovely So in Style girls &#8211; now, if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Thoughts on SiS Dolls</title>
		<link>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/first-thoughts-on-sis-dolls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/first-thoughts-on-sis-dolls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dolls of Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[false hype]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mattel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[so in style]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After the initial excitement of discovering that the SiS dolls are now reality, the analysis and critique of the dolls begin. Um&#8230; firstly the faces&#8230; they are not new! Now, I love the Mbili face mould but I was hoping for different new ones or even a revisit to old ones that are no longer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More News About SiS Dolls!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/more-news-about-sis-dolls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/more-news-about-sis-dolls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dolls of Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black dolls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[coye has just commented in the New “NEWS” about So In Style Dolls! post - hi all, i JUST saw these dolls in Toys R Us here in Chicago! i had them in my hand and put them down for a few mere seconds and they were snatched up. i&#8217;ll need to check target tomorrow. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New &#8220;NEWS&#8221; about So In Style Dolls!</title>
		<link>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/new-news-about-so-in-style-dolls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/2009/new-news-about-so-in-style-dolls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Therese</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/?p=39</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barbie Goes Black: Iconic Doll Launches New Collection @ Essence.com &#160; POSTED: MAY 6, 2009 It&#8217;s 2009 and Barbie has a few new friends in her clique! For the first time in history, Mattel is launching a new African-American line of dolls called So In Style (S.I.S.). The new fly girls on the block: Grace, [...]]]></description>
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