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Ranking the Kens in Barbie based on overall ‘kenergy’

1. Ken

- little cowboy hat

- doctor who

- just misses his best friend barbie 🥹

8.5 out of Ken

2. Ken

- less fun lil cowboy hat

- gets to be douche bro president Ken

- related to Chris evans maybe?

- gives Ryan gosling a lil kiss

5 out of Ken

3. Ken

- back flipping Ken

- excellent dancer

- gives serious steal ur girl energy

- possibly the most sexually aggressive of all the Kens (I am referencing his interactions with Ryan Gosling Ken exclusively, the energy was palpable)

- served some mad cunt

9 out of Ken

4. Ken

- possibly my favourite Ken

- always has Ken’s back

- very goofy dancer 💜

- played drums when all the other Ken’s played guitar

- recipient of the holy pimp coat

- almost certainly in love with his best friend Ken

10 out of Ken

5. Ken

- THE Ken

- he’s kenough 🥲

- lost interest in the patriarchy when he found out it wasn’t about horses

- instigated the greatest out of nowhere dance number in a film I’ve ever seen

- buuuuuuuut also enslaved a bunch of women so…

-10 out of Ken (still love him tho)

Love them!

Me when someone asked me about my childhood crushes: nah, I didn't have any.

Me rewatching all the Barbie movies realizing I (typically) had a crush on Barbie's character and the male lead: 👁👄👁

Oh my god I hate Mattel so much.

They took the American Girl brand and gave it a lobotomy.

I was going to make a very very very very bad joke about one of the 90s girls getting an eating disorder after watching Britney Spears, BUT DECIDED AGAINST IT because eating disorders are something you don’t joke about, BUT. HERE’S THE THING.

Here’s the thing. Being a tween-to-teen-age girl in the late 90s early 2000s was BULLSHIT. You had 16-year-old Britney Spears singing “Hit me baby one more time” in her Lolita schoolgirl miniskirt and crop top showing off her perfectly flat abs, and then you went to school and had abstinence-only sex ed mandated by the evangelical right wing who gave out purity rings and told you that only sluts had sex before marriage. And then there was the issue of being a fat girl trying to find jeans that met her school’s dress code the days of low-rise jeans and belly button rings.

I ended up adoring Linkin Park because their music gave voice to the rage that I had inside of me because of all that. I wore men’s pants from Hot Topic not only because I thought they were cool, but they actually fucking fit and they covered my ass crack. I wore black because I didn’t fit in to the ultra-skinny, ultra cool kid Abercrombie aesthetic. And THAT is what growing up in the 90s and coming of age in the 2000s was like.

“Nicki Hoffman is a nine going on ten year old girl living in Seattle, Washington just before the year 2000 (the turn of the millennium). She is six minutes older than her fraternal twin sister, Isabel, but one inch shorter. Nicki prefers grunge, ska music, rock, alternative, and skating; she is the “grunge” to Isabel’s glitter. She does not like eating raw fish and sushi; her father teases that they can’s spell “finicky” without Nicki. She likes sour candy–the more sour, the better. She’s known to be shy, to the point Isabel points this out; she initially doesn’t have other friends than Isabel. She’s very anxious about the Y2K problem and the risks and worries that have been circulating, so Isabel and her create a list to take her mind off her worries of things to do before New Year’s.Her favorite color is purple, her favorite animal is a dog (she adopts her puppy, Blossom, as a Hanukkah gift), her favorite band is No Doubt, and her favorite show is The Powerpuff Girls (her favorite character being Blossom). She likes to snack on Wild Berry Pop tarts. She does not like her middle name, Pearl.The family is interfaith and celebrates both Hanukkah and Christmas. “

It’s a sterilized and dumbed-down version of growing up in the 90s, one where they only real problem facing girls is the y2k bug. It’s about the aesthetic but not the experience. Honestly the girls of today deserve to see that their moms had it difficult, too, and that the pressure to grow up incredibly quickly and be beautiful and flawless and instantly become a woman is nothing new, now it’s just on TikTok instead of MTV.

It’s the trap of nostalgia. Just because you were younger and not as aware of the issues going on in the world doesn’t mean the world was better.

Skelita Calaveras Icons

Somebody is very pleased with her Samantha Cristoforetti doll. Now she just needs an @astro_nicole doll. Let’s see if Mattel can make that happen. #stem #womeninspace #iss #internationalspacestation #nasa #spacescience #barbie #barbiedoll #mattel https://www.instagram.com/p/CU3b4dIMZ0z/?utm_medium=tumblr

Another edit ♡

I forget i have an account here 🤡 but i'll be posting a few more edits at least my favorites cause i never realize how many i made , anyway hope you enjoy it ❤

Why

Does Aquaman have a similar plot/premise to Barbie in A Mermaid Tale?

Like both main protagonists are half human, half underwater creature.

Both protagonists have to fight against an evil relative. Eris the evil aunt and Orm is the evil brother.

Both protagonists go on a quest to find an item/ items to defeat evil relative. Arthur has to find the trident. Merliah has to find a comb, a dreamfish, and a necklace.

Both protagonists' mothers are "freed" from imprisonment. Atlanna wasn't exactly imprisoned, but she went missing and came back like Calissa did.

Both protagonists can talk to underwater animals. Merliah can talk to that pink dolphin and Arthur can talk to everything.

Both protagonists need to use their half human side to prove themselves. Merliah uses her human legs to climb the cliffs to get the comb and Arthur uses his powers to talk to the Leviathan.

Both evil relatives end up defeated at the end of the movie.

And probably more similarities that I can't think off the top of my head

PS: I don't consider Orm to be evil per say, but for the sake of comparison I described him as evil.

Espelho de bolso lindo da Barbie

Ia berrando chorando rebolando

Eu sou uma Barbie girl living in the Barbie world

[(3,50€ na PRIMARK (do Norte Shopping)]

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*Eu não sou nem fotógrafa nem modelo de mãos isto é a lavandaria da minha avó*

I JUST BOUGHT FRANKIE!!!!!

My favorite thing about them would have to be the eyebrow ring! Overall I love their outfit!

princesses and knights have my heart, always

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(Based on La Belle Dame Sans Merci (if Frank Dicksee sucked ass at drawing horses))

Ever After High brain rot meets King Arthur brain rot meets Romeo and Juliet (1996) meets 'i needed to practice backgrounds so there is a wall and a field'. Yeah, i do have finals to study for.

good evening to everyone but Mattel for cancelling ever after high before making these two canon

i just watched the barbie film. ugly cried twice and i have an obsession with ryan gosling <3

What do you guys think the next Monster High Mattel creations doll(s) will be?

I’m really hoping for a set of the Addams Family! I think that would be really cool :D

How bout I celebrate Halo’s 20th anniversary with some awesome crossover pics that my girlfriend suggested?  Happy 20 years Halo! Can’t wait for Infinite! 

I love The Amber Collection, the dinosaurs (and other Mesozoic animals) in particular.  Even though the line is plagued with strange design decisions, poor quality control, and general laziness... It’s still highly posable figures of some of my favorite designs from my favorite movie franchise.  Also very happy that the super colossal T. rex scales perfectly with them, and that I can turn their palms inward to make them a bit more scientifically accurate.