16 Of Barbie’s Oddly Specific Careers [Gallery]
Our girl Barbie has been switching careers since 1959. This staple of American “girl culture” has more degrees and odd jobs than necessary for someone who has been President of the United States a handful of times. Whether she is out in the trenches as an Air Force Thunderbird or digging for dinosaur bones as a Paleontologist she always does it looking fabulous.
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• Dick Clark dies of massive heart attack at 82– RIP!
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WTF Friday: A Real-Life Barbie?
Have you ever wished you could look like a Barbie doll? I used to love playing with them when I was little, but I never actually wanted to be a Barbie. This girl apparently does – she loves Barbie so much that she decided to try and look just like her. Every day, she cakes on layers of makeup in order to make her face look just like the doll.
Are Barbies Really That Bad for Girls?
Maybe I’m one of the few American kids who grew up peacefully playing with Barbie dolls without wanting to actually look like them or feeling badly about myself when I looked in the mirror. I also didn’t get these feelings whenever I played with Cabbage Patch Kids, teddy bears, Tamagotchis or Super Mario Bros.
Candy Dish: All Hail The Brits
•The British Prime Minister has awesome music taste
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•Girls just wanna have fun
•Always wanted a temporary tat for your ta tas?
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The Most WTF Celebrity Barbies You Can Buy [Photos]
When you think of Barbie, you think of the classic childhood doll even if she is proportionally incorrect and could never exist in real life. We all had Barbies, Kens, and dream houses. Sometimes you’d get a cool limited edition Barbie, but we stumbled upon some extremely interesting (and creepy) celebrity Barbies.
10 Life Lessons from Barbie
When I was 10 I used to lock myself in my room and play Barbie for hours. Sometimes it ended in drastic haircuts, other times marriages, but usually with someone’s head being popped off. Although I had a lot of respect for a girl who could rock one of my many failed attempts at an early “Rachel,” I had to admit I was a little jealous.

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Current Events Cheat Sheet: I’m Glad I’m Not Famous
Senate Republicans blocked President Obama’s hu-mun-go jobs plan when it went up for vote in Congress this week. The $447 billion bill included a number of incentives and policies that Obama said would increase job growth, support small, struggling businesses and ultimately bolster the still-faltering economy. Fortunately or not, enough of Congress didn’t agree.
Candy Dish: The Perfect (Plastic) Couple
•Barbie and Ken finally get married
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•Is this better than sex???
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Candy Dish: There’s a…Situation
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•This is why you should think twice about plastic surgery
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Reality Check: Barbie Body
I’m pretty sure all of us have had at least one Barbie doll in our lives. In fact, I’m pretty sure some of us had an entire Barbie army. She was just too gorgeous with that luxurious blonde hair, that elaborate wardrobe that fit her body to a tee, those feet that fit perfectly into even the highest of high heels.
Modern Barbies for Modern Girls
Move over Bratz! Mattel’s still got a little something up it’s sleeves for the Barbie franchise. Now the question: good or bad? Mattel’s new News Anchor Barbie may be trying to embody the smart, sexy, powerful woman that is so prominent today; and we all know that a pink power suit say “I am woman hear me roar.”

Candy Dish: Ditch your type…and go for Zac Efron?
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