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Author: Francine Douwes Whitney

Francine Douwes Whitney has worked in traditional media and non-linear media production, producing award-winning in the media of film, video, CD-ROM, and for the web for almost twenty years. She is a 1989 MFA graduate from Columbia University's School of the Arts Film Division. She also holds a degree in chemistry from Drexel University. She is currently working on a family memoir about the Dutch East Indies and World War II and teaches landscape graphics and Google Sketch-up at New York Botanical Garden.
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04/15/2014

The Swimsuit Issue

When Barbie appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, all the usual Barbie hate ensued. For me, it feels so 30 years ago.

by Francine Douwes Whitney

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