Here’s an amusing image of a portly Barbie. I like to imagine her and Ruby reenacting scenes from Sex and the City, getting their Cosmos on, meeting for lunch dates and walking out of Lane Bryant, each with a bevy of shopping bags in tow. Maybe they could even complain about the men in their [...]

After my last post of the Body Shop poster featuring a rubenesque, Barbie looking doll, I discovered the story behind it, and thought that those of you who didn’t know, might be interested. From adsoftheworld: “Mattel sent The Body Shop a cease-and-desist order, demanding to pull the self-esteem posters featuring Ruby – a rubenesque anti-Barbie [...]