Should we all lighten up about Barbie?
alphamom.com 1/19/2009 — By Alice Bradley Photo by Picklepud Recently in Babble, there was a Smackdown on the topic of Barbie: Yay or Nay? Both writers ended up on the same side, which made the Smackdown decidedly… un-smackdowny. No one was smacked down, in other ...

Barbie...What's Up With Your Clothes?
lifestarringellieandeve.com 2/17/2009 — I wouldn't say that Barbie and I are exactly enemies...but I think the correct term for our relationship would be "frenimy". I have resigned myself to the fact that since I have two girls I am going to have to deal with having my "frenimy" Barbie in the house; she's an American toy icon. So ...

The Wilde Side: Barbie got a tattoo!
blogs.babycenter.com 8/25/2009 — I came across a page on the new Twilight Barbies, which had a link to barbiecollector.com. On their site, they are promoting the new Harley Davidson Barbie. The pink chaps were making me wince, but I couldn’t resist clicking on the read more ...

Happy anniversary, Barbie
wantnot.net 3/9/2009 — Look, I’m no huge fan of Barbie (says the not-very-tall, not-very-busty brunette…), but she is something of a cultural icon. And it’s her 50th birthday! And oddly enough, she still looks… well… like Barbie. Yes. Okay, so, in honor of her anniversary, Mattel is ...

Barbie Cake How To Video
thehappyhousewife.com 2/20/2009 — Last week I was searching for a cake to make for my daughter’s 5th birthday. I found a cake tutorial on the web and wanted to try the Barbie cake. The lady in the video made it look really easy, and then I realized she was a professional cake ...

Me, me, me
bagmomma.blogspot.com 10/19/2009 — I have a backlog of memes I've been tagged for in the last couple of weeks.  My blogging friend Melissa tagged me for this one.  It's sort of a photo-centric one about your favorite things.  This blog needs a pick-me-up post, so be forewarned...    I am stressed, ...

Don’t hate Barbie because she’s beautiful
joannejacobs.com 3/5/2009 — Barbie dolls would be banned in West Virginia, if a Democratic state legislator name Jeff Eldridge has his way. Actually, Eldridge wants to ban the sale of all dollars that "promote or influence girls to place an undue importance on physical beauty to the detriment of their intellectual and ...

Kmart = FREE Barbie Case
feedproxy.google.com 23 days ago — Get to Kmart between 10/25 and 10/31 and buy $15 or more in Barbie toys and receive a FREE Barbie Beauty Case AND $40 in Coupons .  Thinking Christmas presents!

Ann Ducille on “ethnic” Barbies
antiracistparent.com 11/4/2008 — Crossposted from Sociological Images:Seeing is Believing Ann DuCille , in her book Skin Trade , takes two issues with “ethnic” Barbies. First, she takes issue with the fact that “ethnic” Barbies are made from the same mold as “real” Barbies ...

It Happened Overnight
mommyfromthemidwest.com 6/8/2009 — All of a sudden, overnight BG is obsessed with Barbie. She has had Barbie dolls practically her whole life and never really showed interest, now everything is Barbie. Yesterday we were at that bulls-eye store and BG saw a Barbie video game for the wii. She wanted it, she had to have it, she ...