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Barbie’s Body on a Real Woman

This image of Barbie’s proportions on an actual human being has been floating around Twitter recently attracting renewed criticism of Barbie’s unrealistic body. The thing is, I was kind of obsessed with Barbie myself. I played for hours with those six-inch pieces of plastic, creating unnecessary drama with Ken and cruising around my bathroom in…

Meet Lilli, the High-end German Call Girl Who Became Barbie

So it turns out Barbie’s original design was based on a German adult gag-gift escort doll named Lilli. That’s right, she wasn’t a dentist or a surgeon, an Olympian gymnast, a pet stylist or an ambassador for world peace. And she certainly wasn’t a toy for little girls… Lilli on display at the Barbie Museum in Prague  Unbeknownst…

A Brief Compendium of Copycat Cribs

There are dream homes, and then there are homes that feel like a waking dream – something from a movie, book, or from the past – you name it, someone *just* crazy enough has probably recreated it. They can be quaint, chic, grandiose, kitsch – but they’re always deliciously detail oriented, and above all a reminder…

The Little Barbie that grew Breasts

Skipper was launched by Mattel in 1964 as Barbie’s kid sister. Ten years later, Mattel decided that it was about time Skipper hit puberty like the rest of us. That is, if anyone else experienced puberty by rotating their left arm and voila: boobs! In 1975, ‘Growing up Skipper’ led to controversy in the media…

That Time Barbie Actively Encouraged Starvation Dieting

Playing with dolls that have a weight-loss complex doesn’t particularly spell out ‘fun’ for me, but 50 years ago, Mattel decided this was just what playtime was missing. In 1963, a series of Barbie dolls came with a book entitled How to Lose Weight, which simply advised girls in capital letters: “Don’t eat!”.  The dolls’ accessories also…

Mommy To Be Doll: They Actually Made That!?

So this exists: “Judith”, the Mommy To Be doll which hit toy shelves in 1991 and looks uncomfortably similar to all my old Barbies— except she hosts a tiny plastic person inside her removable stomach. Let’s take a closer look courtesy of the Youtube channel, They Actually Made That? [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfvqL-u18Gs] ::: YOU MIGHT ALSO…
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