This essay was originally published in Salon on May 15, 2021. We're revisiting Salon's Best Life Stories of 2021 now through the end of the year. Read more Best of 2021 here. Addy Walker wasn’t my ...

Samantha, Kirsten, Molly, Felicity, Addy and Josefina are here again. American Girl is celebrating its 35th birthday by reintroducing its six original characters in a special anniversary collection.

American Girl taps one of the most lauded eras of Black history for its latest addition with bestselling author Brit Bennett penning the doll’s story. Brit Bennett, left. [Photos: Courtesy American ...

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Don’t Let This Flop is released Wednesdays on all audio streaming platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Stitcher and more. If you were a tween in the 1990s, and of a certain ...

This holiday season, American Girl characters Samantha, Addy and Josefina can celebrate the Christian holiday of Christmas, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah or Diwali, the festival of lights observed by ...

Some of the other early American Girl dolls, such as Felicity, Addy, Molly, and Kirsten, may also be worth thousands of ...

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Kirsten Larson moved to Minnesota in 1854 at age 9 when her family left Sweden. That year, she lost a friend to cholera, made friends with a Dakota girl, stole animal pelts from a dead fur trapper, ...