Several years ago, a friend who was getting married for the second time happened to have a fascination with Barbie.  Maybe it was a hobby or a whimsy or a fetish, whatever you call it when an adult collects Barbie stuff.  You know Barbie.  Everyone knows Barbie, the doll that has been around since 1959, Mattell’s weird ideal of the perfect girl/woman that no living female could ever achieve.
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