“In 2016, Barbie introduced three new Barbie body types – tall, curvy and petite – along with new skin tones, eye colors, hairstyles and countless on-trend fashions and accessories,” the company said in a press release. “The Barbie brand has always reflected the times, so modernizing Ken is the next step in the brand’s evolution to offer more diverse products.”
Is Mattel unaware that the man bun is on the wane, dismissed as pretentious and idiotic, worn by American choads who dabbled in the organic Asian healing sciences, roided up gym rats, guys from gentrified areas of Brooklyn and Abe Lincoln?
Barbie executive Lisa McKnight said the company wants to redefine what Barbie and Ken look like to today’s kids.
Then have his head buried in an iPhone.
“Evolving Ken was a natural evolution for the brand and allows girls to further personalize the role they want him to play in Barbie’s world,” she said in a statement.
In addition to the 15 new Ken dolls, the brand is introducing 25 diverse Barbie dolls to be added to the more than 100 Fashionistas.
Only 25?? There are more letters in LGBTQQIITT………. than that, and we didn’t even get to the CIS gender variations.
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“Ken has a man bun just like daddy!” Should never be said by a child.
Nah. Don’t like them on men whether they are pretentious chefs or samurai.
They’re only for women.
And while we’re talking about these things. I would appreciate it if guys who are bald from their foreheads to the back of their heads stopped growing their neck hair down to their waist and putting it into an anemic ponytail.
“roided up gym rats”
I told you before, drop that membership to Planet Fitness and go find a real gym.
How expensive are these dolls? They’d be fun to shoot the heads off of.
No, just no…
So, bold penciled brows, eyeliner, a man-bun, and a little devil-may-care hair wisp at the forehead. Call him Caitlyn, or something.
Don’t forget the black fingernail polish.
Gay.
No one cares about the Ken doll. When you’re play-with-dolls age, they’re kinda fun for about a half hour. Then Barbie and Midge (or whoever her BFF is now) just want to try on clothes and boss Skipper around.
So ABE Can ROCK the Man Bun whenever the Hell He Wants ! Others Should Be Fined for The Bun !!!
The man bun on Ken is why Barbie will eventually own his Ferrari, his house, his cat, his gerbil and Guinea Pig and half of his income for near 40 years….
It’s KENNY Damn it !
Any man with a bun needs more testosterone.
“…CIS gender variations.”
I think that should read, “CIS gender violations”.
Right?
Only 25?? There are more letters in LGBTQQIITT………. than that, and we didn’t even get to the CIS gender variations.
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When I was a kid we called them weirdo’s.
They are still weirdo’s, and should be referred to as such unabashedly.
Neighbor has a man bun. He’s a career librarian.
Um. Need I say more?
They should give him a black eye and a wedgie to complete the look.
Caitlyn Ken?
I just can’t even, but it has reminded me to ask . . . BFH, did you find any keepers from your funny contest the other day, adjective + noun = progressive? I followed it that night (LOL) and then I checked back the next day looking for a post from you near the end of the thread but didn’t see one. Just curious.
That’s for all the boys leftist mothers raise.
Or is it Caitlyn Kenner?
It is a Samaria bun. Cultural appropriation if there ever was such a thing.
I have never seen anyone wearing one who could approach that degree of masculinity.
man-bun? ….. well, he is nutless after all
Its there so GI Joe, employing the Kung Fu Grip, can fling Ken into the bushes on his way up to Barbie’s room
GG-
Yes, I have to go back to the thread. Good idea.
I will post my impressions, not that I’m the be all and end all of the topic.
Peo
I think I’ll call him Keni. In the unlikely event I’ll ever write that name by hand, I’ll dot the i with a little smiley face. It just seems like the right thing to do.
what about lezbo Barbie with tats
Even when I was a kid, I thought Ken was a bit light in the loafers. I would take my brother’s GI Joe for Barbie’s boyfriend.
The little wispy curl on the side of his head just kills me! LOL
I prefer the Clark Kent version of that curl.
Is there a Hipster Ken? A full beard, no muscle tone, skinny jeans and covered in tattoos?
True story: When my girls were little they had tons of Barbies but let’s face it – Ken was never up to the job. So they had…ELVIS! No kidding, we got them an Elvis action figure with guitar and they loved it. It was hilarious to walk into one of their rooms and see the Barbie convertible with Elvis at the wheel, and three Barbies in the passenger seats. I’d laugh and say, “Yup, that’s just how it was!”
Thank you, Georgia! What kind of Ken is Ossoff?
Shit like this we used to drill a hole in the ass and use it launch bottle rockets or just blow it up with firecrackers. Never did that with G.I. Joe. That was bad karma.
Ken with a man bun is the one that hangs out with fatty cart Barbie.
Wasn’t Ken originally Barbie’s brother. Wouldn’t that make them Okies??
Indulge my rant; This reminds me of the Chevy commercial where the guy at the end, with the bun, says ‘she’s a bad mamma jamma’. I hate that! I will never buy a Chevy product because of the bailout, but this is the frosting on the cake.
Thank you. Carry on.
Easy on the Okies asshole. That’s Arkansas where your probably from.
I’ll call him Ken Ken. Looks like a tied up trash bag.
They gonna make a transvesti though? WTF?
I don’t give a crap what the rest of you say, I think that this is fking awesome! Finally kids can have samurai Ken or make a prince character with longer hair! Where was this when I was a kid? :]
What? No earrings, no two-day stubble, no ‘painted-on’ skinny jeans? Pffft!!!
A Man bun. Two words that should *never* go together!
“Man Bun” sounds like half of something a “man-queer” would be interested in…
When you make him look like an asshole, he’s already a man-bun.