ICYMI: American Girl’s Addy Is More Than a Slave

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🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by NPR’s Aisha Harris to talk about the return of the discourse about Addy Walker, the first Black American Girl doll. They discuss Aisha’s great piece from 2016, “The Making of an American Girl,” their own histories with the doll, and why this discourse pops up so frequently. This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario. Subscribe to Slate Plus at http://slate.com/icymiplus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were Liars.
0:08.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:10.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.2	We Will Liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video.
0:30.2	Addie is truly an American girl.
0:32.7	Her experiences of moving from being an enslaved person to a free person, really help incorporate what the promise of America is.
0:42.7	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I-CYMI.
0:46.9	In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:50.6	Hello, hello, I-C-Y-M-I-Hive, yes.
1:01.0	I am still refusing to use ICYMI- I don't like rhyming puns unless it's cockney slang. And even then it's it's iffy. It's iffy. I hope all y'all are doing as well as possible in this, in the most interminable month of the year. January always seems to go on for way too long.
1:14.0	Speaking of things that have gone on for a long time, a little update on the co-host search,
1:18.7	it's still going on, just like January.
1:24.9	Yes, we are working very hard to get me and y'all a consistent co-host.
1:29.9	In fact, I think it's pretty much our only resolution for 2023.
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