{"id":11941,"date":"2014-02-18T09:26:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T14:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=11941"},"modified":"2014-02-18T09:38:39","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T14:38:39","slug":"barbie-duz-her-thang-in-the-new-york-times-oh-yeah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2014\/02\/barbie-duz-her-thang-in-the-new-york-times-oh-yeah.html","title":{"rendered":"Barbie Duz Her Thang in the New York Times, Oh Yeah"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am a doll. And yet, I’ve always caused a bit of a stir<\/a>, starting with my debut as a teenage fashion model in a swimsuit in 1959. My creation was met with skepticism and judgment. […] Over time I’ve become an icon, and as with all icons, I’ve been pulled into the cultural conversation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“My god! The strenuous exertions of this copywriter sweating blood to extract meaning from airy plastic nothings made me quite breathless. Now Barbie is a feminist? ‘If you buy our super de luxe and cutting-edgy version and peel off her cosmetic surgery… lo and behold!. all this time…! Germaine Greer!’<\/em> ”
\n— Heathcote Williams<\/p>\n

\"This<\/a>

This Barbie ad showed up today in the New York Times,
prominently positioned on page 7 in the A-section. [Feb. 18, 2014]<\/p><\/div>\n

Today, truly anything is possible for a girl. Let us place no limitations on her dreams, and that includes being girly if she likes. It’s easy to say the culprit is the color pink […] Pink isn’t the problem.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

… and so on and so forth. Haw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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