American Girl dolls: what do they represent?

Prompting by the recent theatrical release of Kitt Kittredge: An American Girl, some Slate writers have an informal discussion about the series of dolls that spawned said movie.

( Fascinating stuff below. )

How my wife and I feel about each other's favorite movies!

http://wondermark.com/d/423.html

I enjoy Wondermark. It's like My New Filing Technique Is Unstoppable, only with more wit, concision and punctuation.  

This echoes the sentiment:

http://wondermark.com/d/415.html

P.S. THe most accurate rendition of a car alarm sounding that I have ever run across: http://wondermark.com/d/286.html