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As a little girl, I had my share of Barbies. My mom got rid of them a long time ago, but I still love those dolls, feminist sensibilities be damned. (At some point during , a very logical explanation is offered as to why Barbies have such impossible waists: just because the doll is small, doesn't mean that the textiles used to dress her are any less bulky. To give the doll more human proportions when she's not dressed would be to make her look heavier when she is. And nobody likes a fat doll, right?) Many of my childhood memories can be tied into my early-80s Barbies and Barbie accessories; for some reason, my Peaches 'N' Cream Barbie and a hot pink, metallic Corvette especially stand out.

being launched in Philadelphia in the coming weeks, we thought it only fitting that this week’s quote be one of the play’s most famous. Petruchio, the show’s unlikely hero, is explaining to a friend why he has come to Padua: “I come to wive it wealthily in Padua;/ If wealthily, then happily in Padua.” In other words, he’s a gold digger. Now, on with the listings!