Why 'engineering Barbie's' pink washing machine defeats the point, Toys
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The doll’s new incarnation sets out to overcome gender stereotypes – before falling for them hook, line and sinker. But it’s just the latest in a long line of similar failures
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Meet Sugar Daddy Ken, Midge, and 'Barbie's other discontinued dolls
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Barbie Dreamhouse Dollhouse with Pool, Slide and Elevator : Everything Else
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Why 'engineering Barbie's' pink washing machine defeats the point, Toys
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A Barbie phone is coming, but it's not what you expect
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Barbie movie allegedly causes pink paint shortage: Did it really happen?
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Barbie is everything but she's not anti-Ken, just about male fragility
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Barbie movie set used so much pink paint that it caused shortage of the colour
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