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toys

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The Toys We Wanted

  • Brandon Hicks
  • May 10, 2020
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Teddy Ruxpin

  • M.M. Carrigan
  • March 4, 2020
There’s a collective guilt. So, our parents buy us friends.
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  • Brandon Hicks
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Influence

  • Brandon Hicks
  • December 23, 2018
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  • Allyson McCabe
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Jill Sobule’s Favorite Spy Cars

  • Allyson McCabe and Esme Blegvad
  • December 13, 2018
I wasn’t into girl stuff, but I loved James Bond!
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  • Television

The Aura of Baby Einstein, the Child, the Toy

  • Renee Angle
  • July 13, 2017
If there is no distinction between show and commercial, ethics and entertainment, what kind of distinctions, if any, exists between her imaginary play, her consumer life, and our reality?
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The Hostage

  • Brandon Hicks
  • March 5, 2017
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: To Be a Brony

  • Melissa Carroll
  • February 7, 2015
Today, largely by chance, a television show that was created to empower a new generation of young girls has become a beacon of strength for a community of grown men.
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Shortpacked

  • Jono
  • March 5, 2009
If Kevin Smith’s original slacker story Clerks took place in a slightly happier universe, with a larger and more functional friend circle, who worked in a bright toy store instead…
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