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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 6, 2025
Jul 11, 2025
David Himmel
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 6, 2025
Jul 11, 2025
David Himmel

Mattel has released a new Barbie doll with type 1 diabetes and comes with her own glucose monitor. The next doll to be released is Meningioma Barbie. She comes with insurance, but her insurance doesn’t cover her treatment. Being released simultaneously is a Luigi Mangione doll.

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Jul 11, 2025
David Himmel

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I Believe… [Cosplayer is an Identity, Too]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/6/19 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/6/19

I Believe… [Cosplayer is an Identity, Too]

…that identity may be a kind of expertise but it is only an expertise in being oneself. The desire to tribe up and gain power through identifiers is a strong one but using your culture, skin color, gender, sex, or political leanings is absolutely no different than identifying as a cosplayer, a foodie, or a sports fan.

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