Barbie turns 50: An open letter to the icon who's been reviled and revered (Dallas Morning News)

Can you believe you'll be 50 years old tomorrow? Congratulations. You've arrived at icon status, sitting on the redwood shelf of treasured Americana alongside Coca-Cola, Kleenex and Jennifer Aniston. Since making your first splash in a black-and-white strapless swimsuit and topknot ponytail as a pale, Debi Mazar-looking "teenage fashion model," more than 1 billion of your likenesses have sold in ...

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