We live in a crazy world. There was an article sometime back in The Smithsonian magazine about Barbie Dolls. How many of you have ever owned a
Barbie Doll? What? None of our men?
Ever since Barbie made her debut on toy store shelves, she has been accused of creating self-esteem problems in teenage girls. You might remember one cynic's estimate that if Barbie were a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.
The male equivalent of the Barbie Doll, according to some people, is the gun-toting G.I. Joe action figure. Notice that it is an "action figure" and not a doll. Boys don't play with dolls, do they? Now for the craziness.
In 1993, a mischievous group called the Barbie Liberation Organization decided to take revenge on these influential dolls. They bought hund…