We all learned a lot about Barbie on her 50th birthday. We learned where she grew up, how many pets she's owned, and how many times she's been knocked-up. (Zero.)
However, yesterday, the thing that struck me most about Barbie is that sometime in 2009, Barbie will start out on a new career: Fashion Magazine Intern.
Considering that in 1960 Barbie was rocking out as a Fashion Editor, it's clear that no one is safe from the recession....not even Barbie.
Once on par with the Anna Wintours and the...erm...other fashion editors out there - Barbie will now be running ridiculous errands, brewing her editor's coffee, and crying in the bathroom stalls during her lunch break because some scoffed at her choice of a Happy Meal for lunch.
Why don't Mattel just call this Barbie by her actual name, which should be: "Fashion Graduate Who Can't Find Work In The Recession Barbie".
If there can be a Fashion Magazine Intern Barbie - surely there can be another kind of Barbie.
A Barbie that we can all relate to. A Barbie that is underpaid, overworked, and just happy if she can find a job that doesn't include "copy writer for financial marketing website" in the title and pays higher than £4/$6 a post.
Yes, that's right folks...
Meet Blogger Barbie:
Blogger Barbie is the new, hip girl online that everyone wants to be friends with follow on Twitter! With that full head of unwashed hair, and an ass that has "I sit at a desk all day!!" written all over it - what's not to love?
Blogger Barbie comes with everything a blogging gal needs: a Macbook, an iPhone and her handy dandy cup of overpriced Starbucks coffee!
Blogger Barbie even comes with her very own lolcat and stack of unpaid bills!
("She's just like a real blogger!")
Now Barbie's ready to blog about anything and everything for free...or whatever the hell you can pay her within 30 business days or less.
(Broken dreams and Troll-Be-Gone: Barbie's Guidebook To Handling Angry Commenters sold separately.)