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March 9th marks the date of Barbie’s arrival on the toy scene in 1959, making her 67 this year. While Barbie has lived more lives than anyone could in that 67-year span of time, she remains an enduring testament that a life of exploration and enjoyment knows no age barrier.
In all her time, Barbie has had no barriers of entry at all.… read more.
If the holidays can be counted on for one thing – regardless of region or cultural moment – it’s turning back the clock for a month or so, and offering up brightly-wrapped nostalgia. Nostalgia literally means the “pain from an old wound,” but today its connotations include both sentimentality and irreverence for the past.… read more.