Barbie Girls were my favorite dolls growing up, but they're kind of stereotyping women pretty badly.
They have been around since March of 1959 and have had a great influence on girls.
Yeah I actually meant the song Barbie Girl by Aqua, my mistake I had a bit of a brain fart and confused barbie girl with barbie doll.
I know how that goes. It's no problem. The song was released in May of 1997 by the band Aqua.
Boy all that way back in 1997, feels like only yesterday. Do you know the names of the Aqua members? I can't remember them right now.
All I know it that they are Danish and they formed the band in 1989 and achieved huge success by the late 1990s - early 2000s.
I wonder what they're up to now, do you know if they released anything in the last 10 years even?
The song was the subject of the "Mattell v. MCA Records" case and I am not sure if they released anything more after going through the lawsuit.
Oh that would make a lot of sense, I had no idea they were sued because of that, that's unfortunate.
performed as the interval act in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, and became the subject of the controversial lawsuit "Mattel v. MCA Records".
Background.
The lyrics of the song are about Barbie and Ken, the dolls made by Mattel. Both the song and its music video feature Lene Nystrøm as Barbie and René Dif as Ken. As such, the lyrics drew the ire of Barbie's corporate owners, and a lawsuit was filed by Mattel.
A footnote on the back of the "Aquarium" CD
secret project. When she learned that it involved Marvel Studios, she immediately flew back to London to audition. She eventually learned that it was "Doctor Strange" and began to research her character. Duan found the role invigorating despite the character's limited appearance, but hopes that it would open doors for other actresses. "I want to be a good role model for Chinese girls growing up. When I was growing up I had Barbie dolls with blonde hair and blue eyes and that’s what my perception of beauty was