4x Why Barbie is a role model

My lovely friend A (read our suggestions here)? I'm meanwhile scrolling through the first of the Monate like an addict through Elkes Nieuwsflix, but nothing, zip, nada. Even Netflix is acting suspicious... Quiet then. I want a sequel to my favorite and I want it now. But with a chronic shortage and the absence of rattling conversations, but once why she is so fabulous) has, for certain reasons, an intellectual interbellum. So she might not know in which year Napoleon achieved his Waterloo (I don't know that either), but she did know in which year Barbie went to the moon. That was also her counter-question. If someone semi-indignantly put on a ‘do you not know that’ face, she would counter with a lightning-fast: “And do you know why Barbie is called Barbie? Well then.“

Friend A knows everything about Barbie. That’s why she is the right person to turn to when we talk about Barbie in the context of International Day of the Girl. And specifically about her slogan ‘You Can Be Anything’. Friend A fills me in.

1. Barbie is a feminist avant la lettre

She has had almost every conceivable profession. From trooper among the soldiers to dolphin trainer and from presidential candidate to president. And did you know that Barbie landed on the moon as early as 1965? Four years earlier than Neil Armstrong. You can be anything, eat your heart out.

2. Barbie is not married

Not that there is anything wrong with marriage, quite the opposite, but it's nice if you don't do it just because you have to. Barbie and Ken have never been married. And if you look back closely, you see that Ken is mainly there to make Barbie's life more fun. He drives her and her friends to parties, he is there. But more as pleasant company (accessory sounds really too unkind) than you see that Barbie is dependent on him.

3. Barbie's mother

She might be the best example. Ruth Handler had a daughter, Barbara, who loved dressing up dolls. But really nice clothes didn't exist for dolls at that time, unless you had those paper dress-up dolls. Ruth decided to create her own doll that you could actually dress in cool clothes. She created Barbie in analogy to a, ahem, adult doll, but yes, sorry, on Barbie's body the clothes really looked nice. Barbie was the nickname of her daughter Barbara and Ken that of her son Ken. Speaking of you can be anything. Ruth has amassed 100 million dollars with her dolls. And happy children.

4. Designer stuff to the heavens

That you can be smart in the head and at the same time look charming, Barbie has known for a long time. Truly had all the jobs in the world, but at the same time, of course, had the best designers producing outfits for her. From Dior to Moschino and Miu Miu: everything and then the very best.