Barbie Dyke

[Sapphocrat]

It seems that toymakers Mattel are gluttons for punishment and incapable of learning from past experiences. Danish pop act Aqua stormed the charts in 1997 with the song Barbie Girl, in which a female singer portraying Barbie refers to herself as a "blonde bimbo". ...

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Mattel are now considering taking legal action against a Brazilian artist who’s portrayed the dolly as a dyke. ...

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A Mattel spokesperson said: "Barbie is a very proper lady and she is not happy about being portrayed as something that she isn't. We are going to sue and we hope that this teaches people a lesson. Also, Barbie is 46 years old, she should be respected!" ...

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Perhaps Mattel are unaware that even 'very proper' 46-year-old ladies have sex, and it could be lesbian sex, anonymous sex or S&M sex. ...

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More (including previous unsuccessful suits -- worth the full read):
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/10294

P.S. Is that "Mattel spokesperson" for real? Sounds like Barbie isn't the only one who needs to get laid.

[xchrom]

1. lol -- who hasn't put barbie in all kinds of compromising positions?

[Sapphocrat]

14. I'll confess.

I was more into coupling Ken with G.I. Joe -- who, after all, had those conveniently articulated joints.

(No, I guess that doesn't explain why I didn't pair up Joe and Barbie. Hm, I guess it's time to re-evalute whether I wanted to be a lesbian or a gay man when I grew up!)

[xchrom]

15. in ways that count -- we are the same!

[Sapphocrat]

19. You mean you wanted to be a lesbian when you grew up? ;) LOL n/t

[xchrom]

20. well -- it was said by some -- that i was a big girl.

now why they would say that -- i don't know.

but there i was dressed like a bride and shooting people with my pretend gun that i made from a stick.

:shrug:

[murielm99]

2. Ooooh, are we in trouble!

When my oldest (gay) daughter went away to grad school, her little sister made her a present. It was Dyke Barbie. It was hilarious. Her big sister treasures her Dyke Barbie doll. Why is it any different than Malibu Barbie, or that Barbie done up as an Egyptian queen, which I bought for the youngest when she was small? I think we need a Goth Barbie, too.

[Sapphocrat]

16. Oh, but there is Goth Barbie!

I can't remember where this came from originally, but there was a whole series of these floating around the Web years ago (and there was a Transgender Barbie too, btw!)...



P.S. What a great kid you have, making a Dyke Barbie!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

3. I just can't see Dyke Barbie

with those little tiny feet and ten foot long legs. She would have had those deformities corrected appropriately.

[Kickoutthejams23]

4. Barbie is defiantly more of a fem and Ken has been out for years.

[central scrutinizer]

5. Is she trying to recruit Skipper??

That damned radical homosexual agenda!!!

[jedr]

6. Barbi is made of plastic and is inanimate;

The doll isn't even anatomically correct. So if you want your Barbie to do what ever you want , it's your business....not Mattel's. Should Hummer sue me because I think my neighbor bought one because he has a short penis?:evilgrin:

[DeSwiss]

7. Mattel is WAY behind the times...

They could have been capitalizing on this segment of the buying public YEARS ago. Here's a post from Friday Fishwrap from back in 1999:

LESBIAN BARBIE COLLECTION!
Yes, there is far too much variety in the lesbian community to be represented by just one Barbie doll. We need a collection. Besides, where is Barbie going to get a date, if there isn’t a collection?

1) Lesbian Barbie
The basic model, Barbie is 35, and wears her hair medium length, nothing fancy. Makeup looks natural, barely there. She wears jeans and a baggy t-shirt, and is vegetarian. Her tiny little rainbow and pink triangle stickers can be affixed to herself, her car, or you! Barbie is now realistically shaped, with a (proportionally smaller to fit the 11? doll) 34B bustline and 30? waist.

2) Dyke Barbie
A little more flamboyant, Dyke Barbie wears her hair in a pixie cut. She forgoes the bra, and her breasts hang a bit lower. Comes with the Dyke Barbie Jeep, decorated with rainbow, triangle and ‘Chick Magnet’ stickers. Wears absolutely NO makeup.

3) Butch Barbie and Femme Barbie
Sold as a set, because the other Lesbian Barbies aren’t quite sure what to do with them. Butch Barbie sports a buzzcut (how many little girls have unintentionally created Butch Barbie?) and men’s clothing. She comes with a mechanic’s coverall (complete with oil stains) and a toolbox. Femme Barbie… well, Femme Barbie is regular Barbie, stuck in a box with Butch Barbie.

4) Older Lesbian Barbie
She has a head of short, dignified gray hair, well-earned wrinkles, and a full figure. Her clothing is comfortable. Still has her dreams of a Lesbian Nation, and avoids contact with morally inferior males. Comes with 70’s feminist literature.

5) Babydyke Barbie
A teen, Babydyke Barbie is just coming out. Still dresses like most other teens, but has a smart-ass grin and real muscles. (As do the rest of the Lesbian Barbies, except for Femme Barbie.)

6) In the Closet Barbie
Looks like a regular, everyday straight woman (read: NOT like regular Barbie) but is undergoing ‘personal searching.’ Comes with What-the-Hell-Do-I-Do-Now Ken. Optional but recommended for In the Closet Barbie is Therapist Barbie, complete with couch. Divorce Lawyer Barbie may be required, but her purchase is strictly a personal choice.

7) BDSM Barbie
What Lesbian collection would be complete without her? Comes with whips, handcuffs, and lots of leather.

8) Gay Ken
No, he’s not Lesbian, but every Lesbian needs a gay male buddy. Gay Ken looks remarkably like regular Ken.

9) Jock Barbie
Always has bottle of water at her side.? Comes with mountain bike and softball uniform.

10) Political activist Barbie
Knows where every meeting is every night of every “save the world” organization.? Complete with picket signs and leaflets.? Comes only in sets–at least one African-American, one Latina, one lesbian from the Asian-Pacific, one Native American lesbian, one European-American, one lesbian with a disability, one Gen-X lesbian, one AARP lesbian, one Lesbian of Size, and one Transgendered person, usually M2F who looks like a tall straight Barbie but always wears a neck scarf.

http://fridayfishwrap.com/?m=199912

[soothsayer]

8. Check out these "Dyke Dolls" that come with vibrators, strap ons

etc. (not that all of us lesbians are into that action)

http://www.dykedolls.com/site/history.htm

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

9. Rockabilly Dyke is a clone of me.

It's uncanny. I've even got a thread going on in the lounge about it.

[Sapphocrat]

13. Oh, THAT is a keeper!

I want to see more diverse dyke dollies, tho' -- the three standard-issue models are all way too young and hip for me to relate to. But the "add-ons" section is worth the price of admission alone!

While I'm thinking about it... The best Barbie display I ever saw was on Polk Street in SF, many years ago, in a window display for an adult bookstore. There was a full-size male mannequin on its back, being staked and tied down by about 50 Gay Kens and Amazon-Dominatrix Barbies, all in leather gear. Picture the NC-17-rated version of "Gulliver."

P.S. Thanks for adding the disclaimer re "action." I think everybody else thinks lesbians can't function sexually without "marital aids."

[Sapphocrat]

17. Re the basic model (#1)...

I hope the manufacturer had the foresight to replace that foofy pink car with something more fitting, like a small economy car, or a moped.

Hey! Where's Biker Barbie?

[NMMNG]

10. "Barbie is a very proper lady ,

and she is not happy about being portrayed as something that she isn't...Also, Barbie is 46 years old, she should be respected!"



Give me a break. If "Barbie" were a real human with the same proportions she wouldn't be able to stand up for crying out loud. They created a doll that resembles no human that existed or could exist--nothing more than a false image. And since when does a hunk of plastic deserve respect anyway? How about respecting the millions of young girls who grow up thinking those unnatural measurements are natural/desirable and something to strive for? :eyes:

[Sapphocrat]

18. You're right. We need more real-world models.

Anorexia Nervosa Barbie, and Bad Boob Job Barbie, which deteriorate over the length of ownership, until they both end up in the ICU at Barbie Medical Center. Now those would be truly educational toys!

That always irked me, that Barbie could never stand on her own two feet, literally. I suppose even if her feet weren't permanently deformed to fit her shoes (which seems especially ironic now, in light of the recent fad of foot augmentation!), the massive gazongas alone would have tipped her over.

I was waiting for somebody in a doctor's office a few weeks ago -- a rheumatologist's, which meant there was NOTHING to read magazine-wise except such uplifting titles as "Fibromyalgia Monthly" (I'm serious), and there was a feature on this woman (with FM) who goes around the country appearing at Mattel functions as the living, breathing Black Barbie. I'm, like, this woman is supposed to be an inpiration to other women who spend their lives in constant pain and can barely drag themselves out of bed in the morning -- and she's promoting a stereotype that, I expect, makes her fellow FM sufferers feel even worse about not living up to some sort of impossible standard of American womanhood?

</rant off>

In any case, lesbians always get the short end of the, er, stick when it comes to marketing -- and if they ever did make an official Lesbian Barbie, I'm certain it would look no different from Straight Barbie, just like the "lesbians" in "lesbian" porn-for-men look about as gay as Horrifying Cosmetic Disaster Poster Girl Pamela Anderson.

I'm quite jealous, you know -- the boys have had their Billy Dolls for eons:

[NMMNG]

23. There was a Lounge thread on Chubby and Anorexic Barbie

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=5514679

I doubt they were real "Barbies" though. :rofl:


And you're right--Barbie could never stand up with those behemouth boobs.


There's no chance Mattel would make a Lesbian Barbie. What we need is for another company to make a Lesbian doll, much like the company made the Billy Dolls. We don't need any faux lesbians like in the so-called Lesbian Porn that's created for men. x(

[TechBear_Seattle]

24. One of my co-workers is a proper lady, 43, always dressed nicely...

And has been with a woman for more than 10 years now. They've been (almost) legally married twice: once in San Francisco and once in Portland, Oregon. They've decided to wait until equal marriage becomes a reality in Washington; a kind of "third time's the charm" deal.

I'm sorry, what were we talking about?

[foreigncorrespondent]

11. ROFLMAO

"Barbie is a very proper lady and she is not happy about being portrayed as something that she isn't."

So according to Mattel a "proper lady" is someone who has rather tiny feet (way to small to be proportionate with the rest of her,) small bum, big tits, no vagina, permanent smile, and long blonde hair? What fun is a woman without a vagina?

If the Mattel spokesperson was a woman then I want to see pictures to make sure she is a "proper lady" and not an old washed up wind bag!

Going to put on my Aqua CD now!

On edit: typo

[Sapphocrat]

21. What fun is a woman with no genitalia and a permanent smile?

I guess you'll have to ask Dubya.

Ba-dum-DUM! (Thank you, thank, I'll be here all week!)

I know you understand, fc, why I get so irritated when anyone calls me a "lady" -- and that "old washed-up windbag" just made my point for me. A "lady" is my mother. A "lady" is Princess Diana. And while I have the greatest respect for that kinda lady, my answer to being called a "lady" is: Thanks, but I'm a woman.

Sign me,

No Intention of Being a Lady, Proper or Otherwise, by 46 (Which Isn't That Far Off)

[bertha katzenengel]

12. reminds me (off-topic) of the Barbie Toss at pride festival in Long Beach

Someone had the FABulous idea to cut different-sized holes in a large sheet of plywood, paint it brightly, with score numbers around the holes, and have Barbies, Kens, Skippers, etc., at the table for tossing through the holes. I don't remember if there were prizes, but I found the damned thing absolutely hilarious.

[Sapphocrat]

22. I'm sure there was some underlying symbolism in that...

I have no idea what, but who cares -- I'm cracking up at the mental image. LOL