NEW YORK — The American Girls are turning 40, but when you look at them, you’d never know it. They are forever 10, ...

On a recent bus commute into New York City, I met a woman from my neighborhood who runs a small side hustle restoring American Girl dolls. She described repairing frayed hair, sourcing garments, and ...

Addy Walker wasn’t my first Black doll, but she was my last. First, there were my brown Cabbage Patch dolls with black yarn hair, pinched faces and plush bodies that smelled like baby powder. Then ...

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Saraid Claxton always loved Samantha, the American Girl doll. In March 2025, Claxton decided to recreate one of the doll's ...

These two new American Girl dolls party like it's 1999! American Girl revealed Isabel and Nicki, the first set of twin dolls in the company's flagship historical collection, Wednesday on "Good Morning ...

Annabelle Koen has been collecting the dolls and accessories since she was 2. — -- One young collector loves American Girl dolls so much she has filled her entire bedroom with them. Annabella ...

As 'Barbie' becomes the only billion-dollar blockbuster solely directed by a woman, one doll maker in the Bay Area is hoping to break barriers of her own. When 3-year-old Jillian Mak asked for her ...

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This essay was originally published in Salon on May 15, 2021. We're revisiting Salon's Best Life Stories of 2021 now through the end of the year. Read more Best of 2021 here. Addy Walker wasn’t my ...