Speculation That Barbie Is Lesbian Sweeps The Internet
The recirculation of pictures from Barbie’s 2017 photoshoot on Twitter has led to speculations that Barbie is gay!
In the pictures, Barbie is sitting on a bed next to Aimee Song, a doll version of the designer of the apparel. They appear to be inclined towards each other and conversing. Both of them are in T-shirts that say “Love wins.” Furthermore, Song added to the speculations by creating a follow-up Twitter post that says “I am the girlfriend.” She is holding the Song doll in her hand wearing the exact same red T-shirt that says “Love wins.”
“I am so glad queer Asian kids get to grow up with [the lesbian Barbie icon],” said one comment on Twitter with 2,500 likes.
Introduced in 1959, Barbie had a boyfriend Ken Carson, who was introduced by Mattel in 1961. According to Barbie mythos, Barbie and Ken were on and off several times. In 2004, Mattel claimed that Barbie and Ken had broken up as they felt the need “to spend some quality time apart.” They were officially reunited in 2011. The 2017 viral photos of Barbie and Aimee led to a huge social media uproar.
However all the “girlfriends lets go” and “queens” comments were put to a halt by PinkNews. PinkNews firmly claimed that while Barbie is a “proud LGBTQ+ ally… she does not have a girlfriend.”
Aimee initially released that T-shirt for Pride Month to express her support for the LGTQI community as she “really believes that love wins.” The screenshot of the same picture with its caption on Instagram explain the real purpose of the picture. The caption said, “Did you know that her exclusive T-shirts benefit different causes and non-profits? Such an inspiring initiative and fabulous few days I have spent with Aimee, she’s a doll!” The cause in question was the Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organisation for LGBTQI youth.
While Barbie has not explicitly claimed that she is gay or bisexual, Mattel had previously introduced Barbie’s gay BFF in 1993. It was a special Ken doll wearing a lavender-coloured mesh shirt under a dark purple vest and a silver cock ring necklace around his neck. Due to the earring and pastel colours, this Earring Magic Barbie quickly became the best-selling Ken doll in Mattel’s history. However, there is still a hope that Mattel might introduce Barbie to a girlfriend when the world is least expecting it.
In 1976, at the age of 6, my mum took me to a big department store that had a live Santa you could meet, and take a photo with. Before the photo was done, Santa would talk to the child, and ask “what did you want from Santa”, he’d listen, then reach into his big red bag, and out from it, the toy would appear.
My 6 year old eyes couldn’t believe what they were seeing. I was witnessing child after child, while in the long… slow… paced line with my mum, these children were with THE real Santa.
I’d asked my mother many times before this occasion, if I could have a Barbie doll, but I’d always end up with something else I liked (but didn’t love)… like a pink Beetle Matchbox car added to my growing Matchbox car collection, which in 1976, I played with like in the Pixar film ‘Cars’. They all had their personalities, and of course amongst them there was the most beautiful princess car (with not a scratch on her… my cars never crashed).
In the line, seeing all these stupendously giddy children with Santa, my mum asked me what I’d ask Santa to find for me in his sack. Without hesitation, knowing this was SANTA I was about to see, I said Ballerina Barbie…
Her response was, “Oh… I don’t think he’ll have her in his sack… maybe you could see if there was a lovely new Matchbox car in there for you instead.”
Somewhat crestfallen, yet so concurrently hyped with hope at what I was witnessing, I felt that Santa would truely know what was my hearts desire.
When it was my turn, with a whispered tone, because this was Santa and with hope in my tiny voice and anime glistening eyes, I got to honestly ask him what toy I really REALLY wanted. I asked him… “do you have a Ballerina Barbie for me?”
At first, Santa said to me that he didn’t think he had her in his big red bag, and surely there was some special boy toy I wanted. I’m sure at that moment, I was like Charlie Bucket hearing that all 5 Golden tickets to the Chocolate Factory were found by other boys and girls… and not me. My glimmer of hope that Santa would know me, and know what I truely and dearly wanted with all my heart, was diminishing fast.
Then… I remember him looking to my mother, and seeing an almost imperceptible nod of approval from her.
With restored gusto, Santa rummaged through his big red bag, which took a bit of time easily filled with North Pole small talk, then rising up from Santa’s big red sack, like Excalibur rising from the lake… up came the Ballerina Barbie doll, just as I’d dreamed and asked for, I couldn’t believe it, yet there she was… just like magic. This really WAS Santa.
I remember being so overcome and overwhelmed, so happy that I was having laughing tears.
Apparently the toy store was below Santa’s floor, with an unseen trapdoor underneath Santa’s big red sack, his “elves” running around finding the approved requested item. I’m hopeful they knew of the great joy they were imparting onto these children… myself included. A lifetime memory. Actually, I’m sure they did. It really was a magical moment. And yes, I still have her, my magical and ultra special Ballerina Barbie. My first Barbie.
Foremost, I’ve a very special and loving thank you to my mother who made this experience come alive for me at 6 years of age, and understanding and truely seeing what would bring me the greatest joy and lasting memory, when meeting this gift giving Santa.
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And now… I make my own fashion dolls:
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