Barbie is turning 50In 1959, a doll of anatomically impossible proportions named Barbie was introduced to the public. Although Barbie has been called an anti-feminist icon, blamed for causing eating disorders and was even called "filth" by a Christian group, there is no question that Barbie has become a cultural icon. (I suppose one hasn't arrived until one has been called "filth" by a fundamentalist Christian group, so go Barbie!) Barbie is also about to turn 50, which means that even our mothers and some of our grandmothers used to perform amputations on her and giggle while placing her in dirty poses with Ken (or with other Barbies). To celebrate this upcoming milestone, I have compiled some side by side comparisons of Barbie and other cultural icons who have recently turned 50. Enjoy. Barbie vs. Michael Jackson
Barbie vs. Madonna
Barbie vs. Ellen DeGeneres
What adventures will Barbie embark on in the next 50 years? Although Ken and Barbie have gotten back together after a brief time apart, Ken virtually admitted he was a friend of Dorothy.. Perhaps Barbie can run off with Midge to raise their 21 dogs, 12 horses, three ponies, six cats, parrot, chimpanzee, panda, lion cub, giraffe and zebra together. Submitted by on September 15, 2008 - 3:00pm. |
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Happy Birthday Barbie!
Haha!
You are a rockstar. This just rectified my hellish day. Thanks!
"It might make Elizabeth Hasselbeck cry, but we're gonna do it." - Tina Fey
Hahaha rides a porche!!!
Porsche
HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA
My mind is always in the gutter...
"Lacks genitalia"
Oh, that made me giggle.
The gutter jokes made me
The gutter jokes made me laugh.
Is that so wrong?
Nahh! =D
yea dude, i lolled
yea dude, i lolled
~becky~
which came first?
...the idea for this post, or the Porsche joke?
Either way, great work. Happy birthday, Barbie.
i seriously laughed so much
i seriously laughed so much at the porche joke i was practically rolling on the floor.
"Great. Not only do I feel creepy but now I look like I'm 1,000 and that I've been smoking meth all my life." -Sara Quin
Happy 50th, Barbie...
My girlfriend and I were talking about Barbie vs. Bratz the other evening, and forgive us for sounding like stuffy old ladies (which would be kinda sad considering I'm nineteen and she just turned twenty), but... yeah, Barbie was painfully anatomically incorrect and materialistic, but at least she DID STUFF. She was an astronaut, a rock star, a presidential candidate, a veterinarian and about a million other professions. She didn't just shop. And yeah, the proportions were crazy, but at least she didn't look emaciated and "bitchfaced" (it's totally a word, I swear) like the Bratz dolls. I saw a Bratz doll once that looked, no joke, like a mini-dominatrix. Why on earth would you buy that for a small girl??
Barbie and I are the same age!
Grace Chu, I Love You
I remember being about 10 or 12 and playing with my three Barbies - they seldom had clothes because I would lose them (honestly, accidentally), and would uh, enjoy themselves with each other. Not that I really knew what I was doing, except I knew I couldn't do it in front of my sister. And I didn't know I was gay until I was 21!
No matter what feminists say about Barbie, I still love her. She may have ridiculous proportions, but she never needed a man. She went places, she had things of her own, even if everything was painfully pink.
HAHA
Rides a porche thanks for the loudest laugh of the day...now back to work ¬_¬
ladies-clean your tutus
Lacks genitalia
But how did the pregnant Barbie get pregant? You know the one that came with two stomachs? A pregnant belly that held the baby inside, and the flat stomach after the birth....as I'm writing this I now realize that I'm talking about the Midge doll. Do you think Barbie's jealous of Midge for having a V-hole?
"There is homophobia in every corner and pocket of this world, but at the core ... you just love someone and want to make mixedtapes for them" -Sara Quin
Crazy
That porshe bit made me laugh the only time today so good on ya