At the risk of sounding like a humourless old bat, what is all this Barbie hysteria? Why are so many grown women gushing like pre-pubescent fan-girls at the idea of another fully grown woman () playing the part of an anatomically impossible plastic doll?Everywhere you look, it's Barbie this, Barbie that, Barbie as cultural phenomenon, Barbie as post-modern ironic feminist icon, Barbie as a global marketing juggernaut.Even my young daughter has been painting her nails a particularly lurid shade of pale yellow – part of the official Barbie merchandising. Yuk.
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