Nick Ciani

Barbies at the Gate A new book by The Drift's Mentions czar

“All toys ‘are essentially a microcosm of the adult world.’” Read associate editor Tarpley Hitt on her new book, “Barbieland: The Unauthorized History,” and grab a ticket to our launch event at McNally Jackson Seaport on December 3.

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20.11.2025 15:43 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Happy New Book Tuesday

* The Award by Matthew Pearl

* American Canto by Olivia Nuzzi

* Barbieland by Tarpley Hitt

* Year of the Water Horse by Janice Page

02.12.2025 11:10 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

From Dreamhouse to Nightmare? The Real Barbie Story Is Dark.

I reviewed BARBIELAND by Tarpley Hitt, a book about scheming doll people, which I loved www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...

05.12.2025 13:38 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

How an Early 20th-Century Editor Outraged the Establishment A new book explores how Margaret C. Anderson went against the literary grain. Here’s what we learned.

Meet Margaret C. Anderson: Editor, publisher, agitator, badass. www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga... #booksky

05.12.2025 16:23 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

The lore around Ken’s “penis” is just one of the dozens of mind-boggling stories in Barbieland, a monumental (and hilarious) deconstruction of American business over the past century, told through our most famous toy. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Barbie... #booksky #barbie #postcapitalism

05.12.2025 13:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

2024 was a lot, but we got it done. Quite a month to follow quite a year. (Fascism, Finance, and Fraud feeling right for 2025.)

27.01.2025 15:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0