When I was growing up, I had an unlikely role model(s): The Sweet Valley High twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield. Why unlikely? Because yours truly was no sun-streaked, blonde-haired/blue-eyed all American; as a brown-haired/brown-eyed kid with a larger...
It's hard to believe that Barbie turns 50 this week. With all her various occupations and incarnations – from astronaut, to Nascar driver, flight attendant, scuba diver, rapper, American Idol , and of course, glamourpuss and devoted girlfriend to...
