As American Girl turns 40, we look back on the impact their historical characters left on young people.

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Garrett Huon is a freelance writer working with Game Rant. While only recently writing about anime and games in a professional setting, he's always enjoyed sharing his opinions on his favorite stories ...

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Jagoda and Zuzia giggle in the opening scenes in the way that only 11-year-old girls can. Together they are the center of their own changing world. On the face of it, not much happens in the lives of ...

American Girl began 40 years ago in Madison and then Middleton with dolls and books about girls living in different historical eras. Founder Pleasant Rowland insisted American Girls materials be ...

At the age of 85, Nobel Laureate-winning French author and activist Annie Ernaux is enjoying a cinematic revival. Her readers have grown up to be filmmakers eager to adapt her feminist and often ...