Joes said things like, "The beach is a fun place for summer!" Meanwhile, Teen Talk Barbie was saying, "Vengeance is mine!" Joes in stores to showcase the ridiculous gender stereotypes encouraged by children's playthings. There were plenty of Barbie critics in the 1960s and '70s as second-wave feminism gained popularity, but the Barbie Liberation Organization (BLO) in the 1990s made mainstream headlines after switching the voiceboxes of Barbies and G.I. because Ruth Handler had recently left Mattel following charges of fraud and false reporting to the U.S. The doll was designed by a well-intentioned albeit totally missing-the-mark man. Judy Blume's "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" was published just five years prior, and considering the moral panic that accompanied that book, it's unsurprising that this doll also came under fire. Weirdly, cranking the arm also increased the size of her bust. Regardless, it wasn't a good look.Ī decade later, Barbie attempted to educate the masses about puberty with the Growing Up Skipper doll that would slowly increase the doll's height by cranking her arm. Though there are plenty (myself included) who argue that these are more of a reflection of the messaging that already existed in the media and not a Barbie-specific call to action to promote thinness. However, this controversial reputation didn't help things in 1963 when Babysitter Barbie was introduced, complete with a doll-sized book featuring the weight loss advice "Don't Eat," or the Slumber Party Barbie's scale locked at 110 pounds released in 1965. Between headline-making controversies in real life, endless merchandising crossovers, an expansive line of storytelling between film, television, and web-based entertainment, as well as the semi-universal experiences of growing up playing with the doll, consider this a crash course in the fantastic, plastic life of Barbie. Rather than provide an extensive look at the history of Mattel and Barbie ("Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie" and "Toys that Made Us: Barbie" already exist for that), I'm here to talk about the lore of Barbie.
Luckily for all of you reading at home, my obsessive fandom tendencies date back to childhood and I've consumed enough Barbie history over the years for many lifetimes. Gerwig herself had to attend a " Barbie Boot Camp" before taking on the film, which is something many audience members could likely benefit from as well. Also, Jake says that he would have understood if Finn had just told him he was keeping a royal secret.With Greta Gerwig's live-action "Barbie" movie arriving imminently, it's high time that we celebrate one of the greatest figures of pop culture. Poor Communication Kills: Finn nearly ends up in hot water because Princess Bubblegum didn't warn him that a Royal Promise is magically binding.what is 2+2? In fairness, for Finn, this actually is a brain-teaser.
ADVENTURE TIME SLUMBER PARTY PANIC EPISODE TRIAL
Mundane Made Awesome: Thanks to the Gumball Guardians changing their minds, their Trial By Math for Finn is merely.Thanks to Finn, the Candy People start nomming on the corpses of their undead friends and loved ones. I'm a Humanitarian: Non-human variation.I'm Standing Right Here: Finn, making up his game of "smash the piñatas" has to clarify that he doesn't mean Manfred the Piñata.Hand Gagging: Princess Bubblegum to make Finn not blab about the zombies.Jake: I can't eat chocolate or fudge 'cause I'm a dog and they would probably kill me, but, hmmm.
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