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| Nordic German propaganda? OH MY!!!! |
Designed by Ruth Handler, the co-founder of Mattel Inc., Barbie was created to allow girls to imagine what their lives could be like in the [feminist] future.
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| German sex worker doll Bild-Lilli |
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| I was born to be the real life Barbie. |
Barbie was a single lady for all of two years. But in 1961, overwhelming demand caused Handler to release a boyfriend for her — a softly gendered Ken boy.
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| Jane Goodall Barbie and Bobo |
(The verdict’s out if he’s ever going to put a ring on it so we can have a Matrimonial White Wedding Barbie and a dangerous Divorced Barbie with seething contempt for the patriarch who put her on the path to homemaker when she was doing so well in the world).
On National Barbie Day, pink-blooded Americans celebrate all things Barbie.
History of National Barbie Day
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| Hey, White Grrl, need some hairspray? |
Barbie is simply iconic. There is nothing that comes close to the spectrum of emotions that are conjured by the girl doll. She is perceived uniquely, of course, by every individual who has ever played with her or owned a clone of her as a slave owner might possess a coveted piece of plastic to sell later for profit. What are we teaching kids?
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| Yah, I vuz made 4 German men |
From this brutish idea, the co-founder of Mattel toy company Ruth Handler became inspired to create a doll who was a grown woman.
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| Mexican Conquest Barbie |
Before the creation of capitalist bonanza Barbie, most dolls were either infantilized babies or children. Handler’s vision was to create a doll that had a grown female’s anatomy without all the naughty bits children have been searching for ever since under her and Ken's cute outfits. More
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| Can kids say "cultural appropriation"? No, it's just a toy, a Day of the Dead Barbie Catrina |
- Avenged Sevenfold "Mattel"; Aqua "Barbie Girl"; NationalToday.com; Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Ashley Wells, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
