Guess who just turned 50? That's right. Barbie.
The real age Barbie offered today, with gray hair and all (shown top left), is a far cry from the original Barbie. One thing is for sure about Barbie - she changes with the times, as evidenced by the photo above in her black leather and fishnet stockings. A month ago a group called "Campaign for Commercial Free Childhood" named the Dallas Cheerleader Barbie the Worst Toy of the Year Award - the TOADY (Toys Oppressive And Destructive to Young children) for causing harmful expectations on what girls are supposed to be like.
But not everyone things she's bad. Collectors rave about her. Children still play with her. And she's probably as popular now as she was in 1959. Here's an article from The Chicago Tribune about her birthday and the decades she dressed up.
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