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…8 | AUGUST 24 • 2023 PURELY COMMENTARY column Is Barbie Liberal or ‘Kenservative’? I n the 1950s, a Jewish woman born in Denver, Colorado, to parents who fled persecution in Eastern Europe, decided that the toy market needed adult-themed dolls for children. Ruth Handler (1916- 2002) came up with the idea for “Barbie,” named after her daughter Barbara and reportedly inspired by “Bild Lilli,” a German sex doll modeled after ...…
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