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Barbie Without Makeup Is Not a Morning Person

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:53:07 +0000

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.) Well, for one thing, if Barbie was of flesh and blood she wouldn’t look so [...]

Human Barbie Valeria Lukyanova Has Found Her Twin

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:38:11 +0000

Valeria Lukyanova’s deliberately plastic looks have garnered her fame and notoriety as the “Human Barbie.” But while the 24-year-old with the bleach blonde hair and the impossibly thin waist really stands out, she’s not unique. In fact, the internet sensation has found her Barbie twin in fellow Ukrainian Olga “Dominica” Oleynik. “We were curious about our similarities. We had [...]

Life-Size Barbie Has a Shocking Look [VIDEO]

Amory Gritta — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:30:18 +0000

As a 16-year-old, Galia Slayen made a life-size Barbie out of wood, chicken wire, paper-mache and -- of course -- two big balloons as way to deal with her anorexia.

Now, four years later, Slayen is a sophomore at Hamilton College and is using the massive (but freakishly slim) doll she built to start a conversation about eating disorders and body image issues.

Ken Looks To Facebook To Get Barbie Back

Amory Gritta — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:27:07 +0000

Far be it from me to criticize someone looking for relationship advice on Facebook. It happens every day… one of my friend's status updates lets me (and their other 1000 friends) know they’re having second thoughts or troubles in the relationship they’re currently in.

But when a page created as an advertising ploy for a 50 year old toy line starts asking people what they think should be done in a relationship, I have to say something about it.