barbie

Barbie can't help but looking perfect. She's manufactured that way. But what if the doll that has been setting unrealistically high beauty standards for girls since 1959 was a real person? (Yes, this is has been tried before by human Barbie impersonators, but that's not where we're going here.)

September 6th is Barbie Doll Day. This isn’t something I can speak on so much, but my wife collects Barbies, to an extent. She collects the Barbies she used to have as a child. Do you still have any Barbies?

Recently, Mattel released Tokidoki Barbie, a hipster version of their iconic doll which comes complete with pink hair, an ironic half-shirt and visible tattoos on her chest, neck and shoulder. Finally, a Barbie who thinks you’re lame for playing with dolls.

Barbie has cold blood running through her coarse plastic veins. Greenpeace has accused the iconic American doll of being a murderer in a new video aimed at bringing awareness to the way Mattel packages the blonde bombshell.

They met in 1961 and formed a decades long courtship. Then, in 2004, Barbie and Ken decided to take some time apart, and Barbie stated dating Australian surfer doll Blaine. Now Mattel is using the web, Facebook and Twitter to let America decide if Barbie and Ken should get back together...