American Girl dolls are expensive and extremely popular - among the most sought-after toys among girls from ages four and up. Each doll comes with its own storyline, and a relatively new doll is ...

It was intriguing to learn of the release of “Gwen Thompson,” American Girl’s recent addition to its prestigious collection of dolls (“ ‘Homeless’ Doll Costs $95 (Hairstyling Extra),” Andrea Peyser, ...

As with all American Girl dolls, Gwen offers what Mattel calls “valuable lessons about life.” As well as marketing. Gwen is the world’s first homeless doll, although her role is focused on being a ...

Reading the headlines about the "homeless doll" by American Girl, I was as struck as anyone else. Imagine: $95 for a homeless doll. But after digging around on the American Girl site I decided it wasn ...

Barbie she’s not. Meet Gwen Thompson, the newest addition to the American Girl canon of dolls — the wildly suc cessful, extremely expensive brand of faux children that are sold out of a four-story ...

The newest American Girl doll is a honey-haired cutie named Gwen Thompson who wears a simple white eyelet dress with a pink ribbon at the empire waist. She’s fresh-faced, sparkly eyed and, hmmmm, ...

Even if our children saw as much despair as children do in other cities, toys probably aren't the best way to learn about current social problems. This makes me wonder why every single American Girl ...

No one wants to be the conspicuous consumer during The Great Recession, but how much recession sensitivity is too much recession sensitivity? Well, for the multimillion-dollar American Girl line ...

I've always been a bit squirmy about the high prices and accumulation of unnecessary objects propagated by the American Girl Doll Empire, those eerie, look-alike dolls coveted by every girl under the ...