Turkish Daily News – Postman in the early 1980s, in his famous book titled The Disappearance of Childhood, described children as living messages sent to the future, he was not specifically talking about child pornography but was talking about the world of Barbie

A Knack for Knitting: Evenings with My Stitch’n Bitch
Cape Cod Today – You remember the TP cozy–it was a crocheted dress over a plastic Barbie-like doll. You shoved her legs and torso in the TP roll and fanned her lovely dress around the top of the commode, graciously and gracefully hiding the offending paper product

The Scene Articles
Daily Collegian – The average woman is 5′4″ tall, weighing about 145 pounds, and wears a dress size of 11 to 14. So why then, do so many young women aspire to obtain the unrealistic 6′0″ tall, 101 pound, size four body of the widely know Barbie doll? In an attempt to

New Year’s Party at your place
New Zealand Herald – tipsy 11pm dash to Liquorland – except maybe the cops waiting in the booze bus. 3) Blow Up: Good parties usually include at least one inflatable item. A roomful of helium balloons if it’s a glamorous soiree, a bouncy castle if it’s a family barbie.

Labor group slams Bratz doll factory
MSNBC – China Labor Watch and the National Labor Committee details allegations of harsh working conditions, especially during peak delivery months, and of violations of workers’ access to injury and health insurance. The edgy, urban-styled rival to Barbie is