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“My Mom was a charter subscriber to Ms. Magazine, and thought Barbie was keeping women in chains.”

I wasn’t allowed to have Barbie stuff when I was a kid. My Mom was a charter subscriber to Ms. Magazine, and thought Barbie was keeping women in chains. She told me I was keeping women in chains the first time she caught me shaving my legs. It was a theme.

Because of the household ban, I was desperate to play with Barbie. When I was at a girl’s house wh…