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I'm Gabriel Roth and editor at Slate and the father of Eliza, age 6 and Leo who is 3.

And I am Carvel Wallace, a writer and editor out in the Bay Area, and I'm the father of Georgia who is 12 and

Ezra who is 14.

Rebecca Lervoy can't be with us this week because she is sick supposedly.

Get better soon Rebecca if indeed you are sick.

Today on our show, Slate writer Aisha Harris will be joining us to tackle a question from

a listener whose daughter wants an American girl doll that doesn't look like her.

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