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it's a doll's house and we're living in it (with Dr. Jillian Hernandez)

05.24.2023 - By High BrowPlay

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This episode is a director's cut version of So we’re all obsessed with dolls right now, including extra discussions on dolls in horror films, "living dolls," the power of Bratz, and an interview with Dr. Jillian Hernandez, professor and author of Aesthetics of Excess: The Art of Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment.

You can find Jillian on Instagram @pastelitocookie!

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Written by Mina Le, Ella Gray, and Sophie Carter

Edited by Sophie Carter

Music by Olivia Martinez

Cover by Lindsay Mintz 

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