this is so insane it's awesome
Feb. 16th, 2011 01:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I was reading this very enjoyable article: Boy Toy: Ken's sad and lonely life in Barbie's shadow, which had gems such as...
According to the amazacrazily comprehensive collector's site Keeping Ken -- which is not safe to click on if you don't want to have your mind blown -- Mattel overhauled his body mold in the late '60s so that he could "reflect the rugged masculinity" of the times. These days, he is pretty cut. When my friend Marion, who is 3½, heard I was working on this piece, she voiced concern that I take notice of "his mighty arms."
and
"The cruelest comment on his genital deficiency … came in 1964," writes Lord, "with 'Cheerful Chef,' a backyard barbecue costume that included a long fork skewering a pink plastic weenie."
The article then led me to this one, which reports on Ken and Barbie getting back together after 7 years apart (they broke up in 2004). Apparently meeting back up on the set of Toy Story 3 rekindled their romance (I'm not kidding, this is in the article).
Yesterday, Barbie hinted that something might be in the works on her Facebook page with the status update: "Who knows...maybe I'll have a Valentine this year." Early this morning, Barbie changed her status on Facebook to "In a Relationship."
You really have to appreciate that Barbie is such an iconic toy that fanfic about her is actually reported by actual news outlets.
According to the amazacrazily comprehensive collector's site Keeping Ken -- which is not safe to click on if you don't want to have your mind blown -- Mattel overhauled his body mold in the late '60s so that he could "reflect the rugged masculinity" of the times. These days, he is pretty cut. When my friend Marion, who is 3½, heard I was working on this piece, she voiced concern that I take notice of "his mighty arms."
and
"The cruelest comment on his genital deficiency … came in 1964," writes Lord, "with 'Cheerful Chef,' a backyard barbecue costume that included a long fork skewering a pink plastic weenie."
The article then led me to this one, which reports on Ken and Barbie getting back together after 7 years apart (they broke up in 2004). Apparently meeting back up on the set of Toy Story 3 rekindled their romance (I'm not kidding, this is in the article).
Yesterday, Barbie hinted that something might be in the works on her Facebook page with the status update: "Who knows...maybe I'll have a Valentine this year." Early this morning, Barbie changed her status on Facebook to "In a Relationship."
You really have to appreciate that Barbie is such an iconic toy that fanfic about her is actually reported by actual news outlets.
