CMI's Matt Philbin discussed Tattoo Barbie in his latest column: We can be sure she's not the first of her generation to mark her 50th birthday by getting tattoos. After all, the cultivation of youth-obsessed narcissism and bad taste is a Baby Boomer hallmark (see Clinton, Bill). But "Totally S...

It’s Barbie’s 50th Birthday and all this thinking about Barbie has transported me back to the 80s. I wasn’t as big on Barbie as my sister and her friends (I was a Lego Maniac) but there was still a spot in my heart for Barbie. My first Barbie was - and I swear I remember this vivid...

  Slate ran a piece today about the gent who has lived in Barbie's curvaceous shadow for most of her 50 years: Ken. Two books have come out about Barb, but in both, Ken was given little play. In the article, writer Troy Patterson brings up a few interesting points: that infamous vague crotc...

The plastic “girl” who has it all is celebrating her 50th birthday today and is having the pink carpet rolled out for her bday celebrations. “Born” on March 9, 1959 Barbie Millicent Roberts (which is her full name, btw) came into existence after being inspired into creation a...

  We give Barbie a lot of shit here at Scanner—for her tramp stamp, for being too skinny, for not acting her age and even for making a skeezy porno—but you know what? Fuck that. Barbie brought us a lot of joy back when we were wearing Kissing Coolers and thought that Sesame Street was our &...

I have sorted out MOST of the loose clothing. Should I be worried that it took 3 days? I ended up with more boxes than I started with, and have come close to finding all the clothing that needs repair. Large number of outfits that are not Barbie, More than I thought I had really. I got those hanging...

Darn sniffles. Made it hard for me to fall asleep last night. I crawled out of bed at 9:30 am, not because I was awake, but because I had a house full of pets demanding attention. I asked con_brat   to come over this weekend and help me out. I have some foolish stuff to do, like get under the b...

Hey, geeks (or people like us?): it's National Grammar Day. [National Grammar Day] We were totally pissed we missed this last year and we're actually considering entering this time. It's the third annual Peeps Diorama Contest! [Washington Post] Barbie got a tramp stamp! [Jossip] Justin T...

Filed under: Weird but true, Toys & games It's such a shame that, after 50 years, yet another Barbie boycott is on the horizon. Sure, generations of parents have refused to forgive the doll's blatant disregard for real women's figures. But here's one lawmaker in West Virginia ready to take the b...

  We don't know how we missed this when it aired (and we can't believe no one sent it to us!). Saturday Night Live is all about the Cougars this season. So it's no surprise they'd cash in on Barbie's 50th birthday. Cougar Barbie comes with dream Botox and she pole dances to ...