Articles by Xiaoyi Xu

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American Culture
2017, Vol. 13 No. 1
A Tale of Mattel's Two Dolls and the Politics of Dollplaying: A Critical Examination of Barbie and American Girl's Roles in Educating Young American Girls
By Xiaoyi Xu
Published by Discussions
A quintessential aspect of many American girls' childhood involves plastic bodies (Rogers, 1999, 112). Pieced together by molded plastic heads, plastic arms, and plastic legs that are efficiently mass-produced by our formidable technology today,... Read Article »
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Xiaoyi is a junior majoring in politics and minoring in Spanish at Pomona College, one of America's top undergraduate institutions. She has contributed regularly to the Huffington Post, USA TODAY, South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), Caixin Media (mainland China), and China Files (articles in Spanish).

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