Barbie™ Wanted: Dead or Alive!
Barbara Milicent Roberts, aka Barbie™. Born March 1959, she is one of the most coveted on Earth. Worldwide, two Barbie™ dolls are purchased every second; and each typical American girl owns an average of eight Barbie™ dolls. [1]
As a marketing/cultural icon, an object of desire, Barbie™ is the subject of feminist and social critiques, and childhood/pre-teen development investigations. She is often thought to represent who little girls are and who they should want to be when they grow up. It is not coincidental that Barbie™ is also frequently used by artists, and transformed int