Birkenstock Barbie:
Finally, a Barbie doll with horizontal feet and comfortable sandals. Made from recycled materials.
Bisexual Barbie:
Comes in a package with Skipper and Ken.
Bite-The-Bullet Barbie:
An anthropologist Barbie with pith helmet, camera, detachable limbs, fake blood, and the ability to perform surgery on herself in the Outback.
Blue Collar Barbie:
Comes with overalls, protective goggles, lunch pail, UAW membership, pamphlet on union-organizing and pay scales for women as compared to men. Waitressing outfits and cashiers aprons may be purchased separately for Barbies who are holding down second jobs in order to make ends meet.
Our Barbies Ourselves:
Anatomically correct Barbie, both inside and out, comes with spreadable legs, her own speculum, magnifying glass, and detailed diagrams of female anatomy so that little girls can learn about their bodies in a friendly, non-threatening way. Also included: tiny Kotex, booklets on sexual responsibility. Accessories such as contraceptives, sex toys, expanding uterus with fetus at various stages of development & breastpump are all optional, underscoring that each young woman has the right to chose what she does with her own Barbie.
Rebbe Barbie:
So why not? Women rabbis are on the cutting edge in Judaism. Rebbe Barbie comes with tiny satin yarmulke, prayer shawl, teffilin, silver kaddish cup, Torah scrolls. Optional: tiny mezzuzah for doorway of Barbie Townhouse.
Homegirl Barbie:
Truly fly Barble in midriff-bearing shirt and baggy jeans. Comes with gold jewelry, hip-hop accessories, and plenty of attitude. Pull cord and she says things like I dont think so. Dang, get outta my face, and You go, girl. Teaches girls not to take crap from men and condesending White people.
Transgender Barbie:
Formerly known as G.I. Joe.
Robotic Barbie:
Hey, kids, experiment with an autonomous two-legged walking machine! After falling over, she says Control theory is hard. Damn these spike heels anyway!
Dinner Roll Barbie:
A Barbie with multiple love handles, double chin, a real curvy belly, generous breast and butt, and voluminous thighs to show girls that voluptuousness is also beautiful. Comes with a miniature basket of dinner rolls, Bucket o Fried Chicken, tiny Entenmanns walnut ring, a brick of Sealtest ice cream, three packs of potato chips, a t-shirt reading Only the Weak Dont Eat and, of course, an appetite.
The recent announcement that Mattel and the producers of Baywatch have joined forces to create Baywatch Barbie came as no surprise. After all, both companies have made millions off airheads with flawless skins, Malibu tans and synthetic breasts.
If Baywatch Barbie sells well, other Barbie/TV tie-ins seem certain to follow. Some possibilities:
Melrose Place Barbie:
Comes complete with her Barbie Dream Apartment where Skipper and the rest of the gang live rent-free. Other accessories include a bottle of vodka, silk sheets, and an arrest warrant.
Dr. Barbie, Medicine Woman:
This helpful doll offers other homesteaders important tips like what conditioner to use out on the Plains and how to take care of their nails while shoeing a horse.
Americas Most Wanted Barbie:
Shes on the run after 30 years of crime against feminism.
Oprah Barbie:
Push a button on her back and this Barbie actually speaks! Hold your very own talk show with topics like how tough math class is, Ballerina Barbies struggle with bulimia, Kens who wear Barbies clothes.
My So-Called Barbie:
She faces the same troubling issues as regular teens who dont have huge wardrobes, perfect bods, pools, and ponies.
Roseanne Barbie:
The dark side of the American dream is explored with this doll, which shows what happened after Barbie graduated from high school, married too young and ate too much.
Murder, Barbie Wrote:
Whenever this elder stateswoman of the Barbie set (shes 27!) arrives in the playhouse, all the other dolls mysteriously disappear.