Book

Barbieland

The Unauthorized History

Tarpley Hitt

2025

Atria/One Signal Publishers

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Book Excerpt

My Search for Barbie’s Aryan Predecessor

The original doll was not made by Mattel but by a business that perfected its practice making plaster casts of Hitler.

by Tarpley Hitt via The Nation on December 6, 2025
Book Excerpt

After Barbie’s Creation, Consumers Demanded a Boy Version. There Was Just One Problem.

The story of the "battle of the bulge."

by Tarpley Hitt via Slate on December 2, 2025

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