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# You Can't Stop Spirit
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/reel-south/specials/you-cant-stop-spirit-ovfb8x/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:47:24.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-14T10:03:30.000Z
- Description: The Mardi Gras Baby Dolls explore themes of identity and sexual liberation in New Orleans.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: REEL SOUTH, #ZZZ_Show_e4d3cb42-7b6d-4526-867c-203fbf7ef532, #v1.6, #ZZZ_Special_b04f2533-a24c-4d7b-8e5f-a0d0dc42aa22, #special

The Mardi Gras Baby Dolls' masking tradition fearlessly explore themes of identity, sexual liberation, and the freedom that Carnival lends in New Orleans amongst Black women. The group pulls a thread throughout time to reclaim culture, tradition, and freedom while challenging society's perception on how Black women are to act and exist in the world; they create an alternative social space.