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In Barbie, I learned that Barbie is named after the founder, Ruth Handler’s daughter, Barbara. This is one of those amazing twists, because the etymology of Barbara shares its roots with barbarian: stranger, foreigner. That’s the etymology of Barbara, the name, and the concept. And it so perfectly works for Barbie, even though they call he…
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