<a href="{data}/news/old_attachments/images/hohohobarbie.jpg"><img src="{data}/news/old_attachments/images/hohohobarbie_tn.jpg" class="frame" align="left"></a><a href="http://www.plastic.com/article.html?sid=02/11/03/17032467;cmt=34">New For Christmas: Do Me Barbie</a>, found on <a href="http://www.plastic.com/">Plastic</a>, tells of <a href="http://www.fao.com">FAO Schwarz</a>'s refreshing departure from classic, fully-dressed barbies. This is a great idea and should prove very educational for young ladies wondering what <i>ass</i>ets they need to get ahead. Ahem. As if the size 38DDD <i>rack</i> Barbie has traditionally sported isn't indication enough. Now, she pulls out all stops as she <iq>exudes a flirtatious attitude in her heavenly merry widow bustier ensemble accented with intricate lace and matching peekaboo peignoir</iq>. That's right, this Christmas, with the overwhelming popularity of <a href="{data}/news/old_attachments/images/earringmagicken.jpg">Earring Magic Ken</a> lingering not 10 years in the past, Mattel is now looking to sells dolls to heterosexual customers. <span class="notes">(For more on the Ken doll, see this <a href="http://www.ams.ubc.ca/citr/discorder/archive/DEC95/features/savage.htm">interview with Dan Savage</a> in 1995</span>.) FAO Schwarz has <a href="http://www.fao.com/products/search.cfm?searchstring=lingerie+barbie&GO.x=11&GO.y=5">two dolls on offer</a> for young ladies (ostensibly 14 and older, though I'm not sure if that's for girls or boys or both --- because you can bet "Lingerie Barbie" will be hitting more than a few Christmas lists right next to the GI Joes): a <a href="http://www.fao.com/images/products/20200405c.jpg">brunette</a> and the traditional <a href="http://www.fao.com/images/products/20200415c.jpg">blonde</a>.