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sleepytoycollection · 9 months

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I always forget that in the early days Mattel made a hunting themed fashion pack for Ken that came with a rifle. Ken canonically has a gun.

I can only imagine Ken as a hunter being on the same level as Elmer Fudd. If he did ever actually shoot anything he'd cry. What were you thinking Mattel. The flannel shirt is always a look though. I, for one, think Ken should be allowed to dress like a butch lesbian.

#ken doll #ken history #I guess

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anxiouslittlecarrot · 1 year

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I want everybody who’s calling Ken a Trophy Husband to know that he’s actually a Trophy Boyfriend, because when Ruth Handler invented Ken in the 1960s, she was adamant that he would never marry her and instead be her “handsome steady”, so that Barbie remained a figure of independence for the little girls and was never put in the position of housewife.

Her house is hers. She bought it and furnished it with money she made in her own job. In STEM, in politics, in healthcare, in fashion, in academy, in customer service. Her credit card is in her name (women in the US couldn’t have their own regardless of marital status until 1974). And it’s all pink and fashionable because femininity and badassness aren’t mutually exclusive. No matter who you are, you can be anything.

That’s why Barbie’s slogan is “you can be anything”. Teaching these ideals to little girls is why Barbie was created. Empowering women and empowering femininity is the original meaning of the Barbie doll. It’s not that you have to be all this to be a woman, but if you are all or some of this, you too are awesome.

And somehow pop culture deliberately changed that narrative. Sexualised, bimbofied, and villainised her, when she actually isn’t responsible for the impossible beauty standards — people are, she’s just a stylised, not-to-scale toy like most others.

Men are frothing because he’s just Ken and I guess they were expecting her to be just Barbie, but that’s exactly what Ken is. Canonically. A badass woman’s himbo boyfriend.

This movie has the potential to radically change the way we collectively see Barbie into what Ruth Handler originally intended, I’m so very excited

#I’m sorry for the rant I feel very strongly about this #I have more Barbie History if you want it #I did a full dive into Barbie History for a uni project and it was the best thing it changed the way I see her forever #she’s EVERYTHING he’s just her boyfriend Ken #barbie #barbie movie #barbie 2023 #carrot.txt

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bphs-hmml · 9 months

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Actually...

#amrev #barbie #barbie 2023 #ryan gosling #crossing the delaware #american history #i'm just ken #american revolution #barbie spoilers #art #history

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piningintrovert · 4 months

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e·nig·ma /iˈniɡmə,eˈniɡmə/

the rarest type of gender; they bow to no one and they cannot be submitted; they can dominate every gender, alphas included, and will win every challenge or fight

#they DEFINITELY have history #pit babe #pit babe the series #pete x ken #garfield pantach #ping obrnithi #pitbabeedit #userpharawee #userspicy #user25shades #thai bl #thai drama #bl drama #bl series #raemakes #s:pb #omegaverse #just let me love queue

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texaco333 · 8 months

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amatesura · 2 years

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Dante’s Inferno (1967) | dir. Ken Russell

#dante's inferno #perioddramaedit #filmedit #classicfilmedit #filmgifs #gala mitchell #ken russell #art history #pre raphaelite brotherhood #dante’s inferno #*

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omglaurashutup · 8 months

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"so, this thing that happened in 2019-"

"you mean 4 years B.B"

"B.B?"

"Before Barbie"

#that's how i'm counting now #barbie #barbie meme #barbie movie #barbie film #barbie the movie #margot robbie #ryan gosling #ken #kenergy #kenough #greta gerwig #history #omglaurashutup #meme #barbiecore #mattel

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dkettchen · 6 months

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I've determined that my relationship to groups of straight men is I'm like a cute little monkey that can do tricks for them (ex. at a party at uni one time one of the guys brought like a 5kg(?) dumbbell from his room and had me try n lift it with my tiny E-based spaghetti arms, and when I labourously managed to they all cheered), or like- when I wanna say smth, they'll shush their other lads like "yo, shut up, the monkey's gonna talk! I wanna hear what it has to say!", like they don't sexualise me (cause issa monkey) but they're still endeared to me (cause is tiny and cute)

like you know those capuchin monkeys that people put in little outfits, that's what lads see when they look at me

it's giving freak show (affectionate) a little bit, but I think straight men not being interested in me while still being nice to me is possibly the best nonbinary deal I coulda gotten out of this

#*mind you individual ones still look at me a little too enamoured sometimes #but it's very reassuring re my anxiety abt what'll happen once I pass better now #trans #nonbinary #transmasc #although I'm still peeved at the times where it was specifically abt me not being Strong™ cause my dysphoria has a thing abt that #I do like them listening to my wisdoms tho x'D #I got to chat to some guy friends abt men's lib yesterday and learnt of the 'literally me' meme #that's seemingly specifically abt ryan gosling characters the manosphere bros are obsessed w #(and they're not sleeping on ken I'm very happy to hear)#and I showed them some tumblr history videos so we did like a reddit tumblr culture exchange lmao

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sweetmeatdale · 9 months

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Alan is a “friend of Dorothy”

#Alan #ken’s buddy Alan #ken’s buddy #magic earring ken #friend of dorothea #friend of dorothy #the wizard of oz #mattel #fbi #queer culture #queer history #gay history #gay culture #barbie 2023 #barbie

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mutedkisses · 10 months

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with 100% accuracy

#buzzfeed unsolved #barbie movie #barbie 2023 #margot robbie #ryan gosling #shane madej #ryan bergara #buzzfeed unsolved supernatural #buzzfeed unsolved true crime #ken from barbie #the barbie movie #barbie movie 2023 #barbie film #greta gerwig #barbie mugshot meme #watcher #puppet history #we are watcher

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dribs-and-drabbles · 6 months

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The Thai 🤝🏽 Taiwanese Communal Wardrobe item #1

Theory of Love ep 5:

En of Love: This is Love Story ep 1:

HIStory 4: Close to You ep 1 & 14:

My Secret Love ep 10:

Check Out ep 10:

Mama Gogo ep 10:

Kiseki: Dear to Me ep 9:

(all credit to @chickenstrangers for this one)

+ bonus not in a series but...

and...

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mythosphere · 8 months

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The "every man thinks about the Roman Empire at least once a day" factoid is actually just statistical error. Romanus Georgus, who lives under the Ara Pacis and thinks about the Roman Empire 10,000 times per day is a statistical outlier and should not be counted

#romanus georgus is actually ken bartlett at rhe university of toronto #tagamemnon #ancient rome #ancient history #classics #latin #history #roman empire #i love this joke

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greenandsorrow · 4 months

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In a galaxy far far away...

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arms-full-of-hyacinths · 9 months

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More Than Horses

Pairing: Allan x Ken

Summary: Ken has no idea who he is without Barbie. Beach Ken? Mojo Dojo Casa House Ken? Sad, Lonely Nothing Ken? Luckily, he has a good buddy (who fits into all his clothes) to help him figure it out.

Allan found Ken sprawled across the shoreline, blonde hair damp and crusted in sand. His muscles glistened unrealistically in the sunlight. Allan averted his gaze from Ken’s abs and knelt down next to him.

“Hey, Ken. What’s going on?”

Ken spat out an invisible stream of seawater and groaned.

Allan bit down on a smile. “Did you try to surf again? I thought you learned your lesson last month.”

With a long sigh, Ken rolled onto his side, facing out towards the water. “Barbie said it couldn’t be Barbie and Ken anymore. Am I just Beach Ken now?”

“I don’t think that’s what she meant. Maybe you need to redefine yourself by recognizing that you are a person whose worth is inherent, not based on external markers like—”

He cut himself off. Ken had rolled back over to fix him with a cartoonishly wide-eyed stare of confusion.

“Sorry. I’ve been hanging out with Weird Barbie more lately. Um, I guess what I’m trying to say is, you need to figure out who Ken is. To you. Not to Barbie, or to anyone else.” He repeated himself to make sure Ken was following along. “Who is Ken to you?”

Ken shrugged, which flexed his pecs somehow.

“And you need to figure out how to love Ken for who he is, and not for what he does or who he spends time with. You have to learn to love yourself just for being you.”

Ken’s face fell. For a second, Allan thought he’d lost him, but then he sighed again. “How am I supposed to love Ken when even Barbie doesn’t love Ken? If I can’t be Barbie and Ken or Beach Ken or Mojo Dojo Casa House Ken, am I even anything? Nobody loves nothing.”

Allan’s chest hurt. He’d always known Barbie didn’t love Ken. Ken was made to suit her, not the other way around. There was a doll Mattel made for Ken. It was just that nobody—even Ken—ever seemed to remember that. And Allan didn’t really feel like reminding him. Instead, he settled on: “People do love you, Ken. And you aren’t nothing.”

Face twisted in a deep pout, Ken splayed out on his back. “Then what am I? Not Nothing Ken?”

“I’m not sure. But maybe I could help you find out?”

Ken sat up and the sand stuck to his face disappeared. A suggestion of his signature grin took its place. “Seriously? How?”

Allan wasn’t sure how to help someone on a journey of self-discovery. Still, this was the best opportunity he’d ever had to spend quality time with Ken that didn’t involve Barbie, and he was not going to waste it. He thought about some of the many things he liked about Ken. If Ken could just see himself the way Allan saw him, he was sure Ken would love himself too. And maybe—just maybe—he’d be grateful enough for Allan’s help to remember that they were buddies. That would be enough.

Read the rest on AO3 💖

#barbie #allan x ken #fanfic #fanfiction #barbie fanfic #read on ao3 #ken x allan #barbie movie #my search history rn ‘is it okay to advertise fics on tumblr also how do I advertise fics on tumblr’#fluff

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oflightandshadows88 · 2 years

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