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That's because a panel of 5-year-olds generally isn't sophisticated enough to parse the subversion of gender norms, to understand the flouting of traditional masculinity, to ken the coded language of underground fashion — or to predict the cluelessness of toy designers. The influence of this queer fan-favorite — which, of course, stars gay icon Judy Garland — can be felt throughout Barbie.

Bathrooms in gay bars were often adorned with Barbies and Kens dressed in everything from Bob Mackie ensembles to custom leather fetish wear to absolutely nothing at all. This week, Barbie stood up for LGBTQ rights and people are absolutely loving it — they're also loving the super cute T-shirt that actually supports LGBTQ causes. We reached out to Mattel for comment multiple times — to find out just how well the doll sold and whether it remains the No.

Though the Earring Magic Ken incident showed that LGBTQ culture at the time had infiltrated the mainstream or, arguably, been co-opted by itKen might've simply remained the butt of late-night jokes until Savage — who's since gone on to serve as one of the country's gay barbies prominent sex and relationship advice columnists — published his explanation of the gay-culture subtext communicated by wearing the sex toy.

At this time, we should point readers who'd rather avoid more graphic discussion of human sexuality in another direction. Oh, and maybe a flashy necklace, too. This workshop of young girls, inspired by images and music videos they'd seen on the then-culture-defining MTV music video network, wanted Ken to have a cool, new look, as author Matt Haig detailed in his book "Brand Failures: The Truth About the Biggest Branding Mistakes of All Time.

This week, Barbie stood up for LGBTQ rights and people are absolutely loving it — they're also loving the super cute T-shirt that actually supports LGBTQ causes. The influence of this queer fan-favorite — which, of course, stars gay icon Judy Garland — can be felt throughout Barbie. Perhaps you'd like to read about solar eclipses, or how 3-D printing works?

Ken also had a flashy, circular chrome ring dangling around his neck. Before Ryan Gosling brought the famed male Ken doll to life on the silver screen opposite Margot Robbie in the new Barbie film which opened today, there was a very gay male doll name Gay Bob. Now that the Barbie movie is finally out in the real world, let’s break down all of those subtle (and not so subtle) gay references in full, spoiler-y detail.

And a leather vest. With Greta Gerwig’s Barbie set to hit theaters this July, we decided to take a look back at the LGBTQ+ ties of this iconic toy and what the future of queer Barbies might hold. Savage originally wrote about Earring Magic Ken in the summer ofwhen much of the pop culture world was having a good laugh at Mattel's lack of understanding that while little kids saw what Prince, the members of Right Said Fred or Madonna's backup dancers were wearing simply as "cool," the adult world was clued in to how gay it was.

Ken, just like the other dolls in the Earring Magic collection, even came with a human-sized clip-on earring for the kids to wear. Before Ryan Gosling brought the gay barbies male Ken doll to life on the silver screen opposite Margot Robbie in the new Barbie film which opened today, there was a very gay male doll name Gay Bob.

Now that the Barbie movie is finally out in the real world, let’s break down all of those subtle (and not so subtle) gay references in full, spoiler-y detail. And an earring and tight pants. Mattel has been manufacturing its Barbie dolls since Shortly thereafter, it began producing dolls of Barbie's boyfriend, Ken. Girls really liked Barbie, and the doll became a certifiable cultural force, but Ken dolls never sold as well.

You also could learn whether a giant squid could actually defeat a submarine. With Greta Gerwig’s Barbie set to hit theaters this July, we decided to take a look back at the LGBTQ+ ties of this iconic toy and what the future of queer Barbies might hold. But if you're sticking around beyond this paragraph, things get a little more adult.

The doll flew off the shelves, especially since gay men, including Savage, rushed out to buy a Ken doll.

gay - Now that the Barbie movie is finally out in the real world, let’s break down all of those subtle (and not so subtle) gay references in full, spoiler-y detail. The influence of this queer fan-favorite — which, of course, stars gay icon Judy Garland — can be felt throughout Barbie.

For many people in the LGBTQIA2S+ community, creating queer stories with Barbie and Ken dolls is a rite of passage—but the actual queer history of Barbie flies in the face of her role as a. In an effort to increase sales of Ken dolls in the early '90s, Mattel's research department worked with a group of 5-year-old girls to find out what might make them more likely to nag their parents to buy one. But Mattel's choice for Ken's necklace would cause a row that the company would soon regret.

The kitsch factor drove Earring Magic Ken to become the best-selling Ken doll at the time. As Savage outlined back in the s, the chrome metal ring used as a sex toy was also worn as a fashion accessory among certain subsets of the queer community.