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...game for contrarian readers to provide the counterimages, ones that dispute Faludi's thesis by showing that women were also often portrayed as strong and fulfilled. Was Hope Steadman any more an archetype of the '80s than Murphy Brown? The fashion press may have lauded Christian Lacroix's baby-doll dresses, but real women ignored them in favor of Donna Karan's comfortable professional clothes, or the Gap's gender-neutral everyday wear. For every virulent misogynist, such as Andrew Dice Clay or rappers with songs about mutilating "bitches," there was a Sandra Bernhard, a Lily Tomlin, above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War Against Feminism | 3/9/1992 | See Source »

First to survive was German librarian Gunda Niemann, who had finished seventh in the event at Calgary. Niemann carries not a teddy bear but a judo doll to each competition, and it brought her luck. She shot from the starting line faster than countrywoman Heike Warnicke and won the 3,000 m going away by a comfortable three seconds. Back in the pack, but victorious in a different sort of race, with no finish line, was American Mary Docter. She caused a pre- Olympic sensation with the admission that she was battling an addiction to drugs and alcohol. Docter finished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1992 Winter Olympics: Blades Of Gold | 2/24/1992 | See Source »

Kids can peer into a cluster of miniature houses and view the lives of all different types of Bostonians. Barbie-doll sized humanoids carry on the everyday activities that typify modern life...

Author: By Kelly T. Yee, | Title: Hanging Out at the Children's Museum | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

Toymakers are selling nostalgia and reality themes -- sometimes together. Hasbro is bringing back the original foot-high G.I. Joe. Today he speaks Chinese and Arabic and wears Desert Storm fatigues. Watch for a Saddam doll that won't quit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forward Spin: Feb. 17, 1992 | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

...having a body that didn't look like a Barbie doll were a congenital defect. Now, a serious operation is as routine as a visit to the hairdresser...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Barbie Doll Hell | 2/7/1992 | See Source »

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