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Team pussification aka beta-itis. I played with dolls when I was little... they were called GI Fucken JOE.. GOT TO GET TOUGH YO JOE! What the fuck is going on god damnit. I'm convinced testosterone levels are dropping in males each generation.
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Despite reports that more post-millennial boys are playing with Barbie and that's A-OK, is it not every impressionable male's god-given right to see himself reflected in a plastic doll? When Mattel unveiled its more body-diverse line of Barbies earlier this week, Twitter asked. And thanks to ecommerce site Lyst, we have received. Not just Dad Bod Ken, but also Black Ken, Asian Ken, Spring Break Ken, and the inevitable Kombucha Ken. What a time to be alive.
"Men need plastic role models too," Katherine Ormerod, Lyst's editorial director, told Mashable. "Ken has been a top menswear influencer for over 50 years, but like Barbie, he needs a makeover every now and again."
The inclusive Kens are the creation of artist graphic Jamie Phillips, who developed them exclusive for Lyst. Unfortunately they're not (yet) available for purchase or play, but it's visibility that counts. All we need now is a gender-bending Ken for budding Jaden Smiths in the making.
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Despite reports that more post-millennial boys are playing with Barbie and that's A-OK, is it not every impressionable male's god-given right to see himself reflected in a plastic doll? When Mattel unveiled its more body-diverse line of Barbies earlier this week, Twitter asked. And thanks to ecommerce site Lyst, we have received. Not just Dad Bod Ken, but also Black Ken, Asian Ken, Spring Break Ken, and the inevitable Kombucha Ken. What a time to be alive.
"Men need plastic role models too," Katherine Ormerod, Lyst's editorial director, told Mashable. "Ken has been a top menswear influencer for over 50 years, but like Barbie, he needs a makeover every now and again."
The inclusive Kens are the creation of artist graphic Jamie Phillips, who developed them exclusive for Lyst. Unfortunately they're not (yet) available for purchase or play, but it's visibility that counts. All we need now is a gender-bending Ken for budding Jaden Smiths in the making.
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