Discovery: Jena Friedman, Interview Magazine
10 Stand Ups Leading a New Comedy Movement, Paper Mag
Samantha Bee's Fake News Triumph, Rolling Stone
25 Female Comedians Everyone Should Know, Flavorwire
Vows: Ted & Gracie, New York Magazine
Most Bizarre NY Times Videos You'll Ever Watch, Gawker
NY Times 'Vows' Gets Spot-On Parody, New York Times
Joke of the Week: Jena Friedman, Time Out New York
Comedian Jena Friedman Interviews Jimmy McMillan, Huffington Post
15 Love Rules for Single Men from Some Very Funny Ladies, Glamour
53 of Our Favorite Female Comedians, Huffington Post
Funny Take on Valentines Day, Glamour
Jena and Ben Continue Disturbingly Funny Series, Laugh Spin
Your Mediocre Birth Control: Plan B-!, Salon
'Ted & Gracie' Meet the Parents; Creepy Awkwardness, Laugh Spin
Comedy Spotlight: Jena Friedman, Bite
Joke of the Week, Time Out New York
Robin William's Surprise, Chicagoist
Heroes: 
G.I Jane
Favorite Book: 
Go Army grrrl zines
Favorite Music: Pantera, ACDC, La Ley
Interests: 
war games, freeze-dried ice cream, combat booties

Guadalupe Hildalgo Flores®

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Guadalupe Hildalgo Flores is a Latina émigré who crawled to America, through a rat-infested drainage tunnel, after a US subsidized regime change created political unrest in her native country. In "Guadalupe's Surprise," discover what happens when Guadelupe contracts Hepatitis A and is forced to seek public medical assistance, thereby exposing her illegal status. In subsequent chapters, learn how the US government saves the day and grants Guadalupe temporary citizenship in exchange for military service!
Favorite Movies: Laura Croft Tomb Raider, Mr. and Mrs. Smith,  A Mighty Heart, Wanted, Hackers, Girl Interrupted, Gia, Changeling
Heroes: Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Bono or anyone who’ll adopt her village.

Favorite Music: The sound of little brother crying, because that means he’s still alive!

Favorite Book: UNESCO’s Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Coloring Book
Interests: 
Fetching, Sifting Dirt, World Vision Happy Meals, Water, Peace

Bahati Smith®

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Bahati Smith is a Sudanese émigré who fled to America after escaping a Janjaweed military attack on her thatch-roof mud hut village in Western Darfur. Her story begins as she flees her dangerous homeland of the Sudan, leaving behind her mother, sister, baby brother, cousins, aunts, uncles, third cousins twice removed, childhood friends, camp friend, teachers and the rest of her village to start a new life as the adopted daughter of a Hollywood movie star.
Below are just some of our classic dolls, soon to be available for purchase! 

Fallujah (Fah-LOO-ja) Jones®

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Fallujah Jones is an Iraqi émigré with a strong spirit and survivor instinct. Fallujah fled Baghdad after escaping a military attack on her elementary school playground- a playground believed to be harboring terrorists in the jungle gym. By purchasing her corresponding book set, you can join Fallujah on her many misadventures in Ann Arbor, Michigan! Read along as she learns to make new friends, discovers what it's like to live in a "college town"- and begins to understand that words like "puppy," "home" and, of course, "bigotry" are the same in any language.
Interests: 
Running, Stickball, Peace
Favorite TV Shows: 
Al Jazeerah, Baghdad ER, That's So Raven
Favorite Book: "Muhammad and Friends" comics
The Daily Show
Stand Up & Sketch
Ted & Gracie
Refugee Girls
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Ted & Gracie
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Refugee Girls
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The Daily Show
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Stand-Up & Sketch