Posted on 06/20/2017 12:50:08 PM PDT by drewh
CBS Local– Mattel, the makers of the famous Barbie and Ken dolls, decided to shake up the Ken doll’s previous image. Typically he’d be portrayed as a “nice guy,” as Mattel put it, with wavy blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. He would have had hardly an ounce of body fat if scaled onto a real human.
He’s the guy Barbie would take home to mom to compliment her pot roast and taste in cardigans. But he’s vanilla no more: Mattel has released a line of 15 new and improved Ken dolls.
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Diverse beyond just their ethnicity, these new Kens come in all shapes, sizes and haircuts. One even has a man bun. A tank top is involved. They’re meant to better depict Ken to mirror this generation.
“By continuing to expand our product line, we are redefining what a Barbie or Ken doll looks like to this generation,” Lisa McKnight, Barbie’s senior vice president and general manager, said in a press release. “Evolving Ken was a natural evolution for the brand and allows girls to further personalize the role they want him to play in Barbie’s world.”
Ken used to be an afterthought and a man that was just the aforementioned “nice guy” to have alongside Barbie. After all, she needed a groom for the weddings, someone in the passenger seat of the Barbie dream car, and an audience for all those snappy outfits.
“In the past Ken was really viewed as more of an accessory in Barbie’s world, to support the narrative of whatever was happening with the girls,” said Michael Shore, Mattel’s head of global consumer insights, via GQ.
Now, Ken is his own man with a persona of his own and is finally ready to step out from behind Barbie’s picture-perfect shadow.
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I find man buns loathsome.
The new Ken dolls all look gay. Especially man bun Ken.
I guess Ken isn’t interested in having Barbie as a girl friend any more.
There’s a joke about Barbie, Ken, and GI Joe ...
In other words - Ken is more of a fag than he ever was before.
Man bun? Total faggotry.
Faggoty man buns and beard fags.
What if they put him in a men’s romper?
No fat Barbies or Ken? Mattel is engaging in Thin-ism.
S’Okay
After seeing that manbun Barbie decided she’s bi and prefers girls anyway
Good. At least every Ken looks gay. That is a tradition you don’t want to
Change. The tough guys don’t enjoy changing their cute outfits every few
Minutes, and five year old girls need to learn that.
And excellent that they have a pajamaboy. He is a PERFECT Ken.
Good. At least every Ken looks gay. That is a tradition you don’t want to
Change. The tough guys don’t enjoy changing their cute outfits every few
Minutes, and five year old girls need to learn that.
And excellent that they have a pajamaboy. He is a PERFECT Ken.
Good. At least every Ken looks gay. That is a tradition you don’t want to
Change. The tough guys don’t enjoy changing their cute outfits every few
Minutes, and five year old girls need to learn that.
And excellent that they have a pajamaboy. He is a PERFECT Ken.
The new Ken dolls all look gay. Especially man bun Ken.
I guess Ken isn’t interested in having Barbie as a girl friend any more.
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The one on the far right definitely looks light in his work boots.
Until Ken is covered in hideous tattoos, he won’t look like a modern man.
Maybe he can go out with Big-Boned Barbie.
My Barbies always bypassed Ken for G.I. Joe.
Why no transgender Kenbie?
Satire from days past has now become our new reality.
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