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The Bitch Who Has Everything
Shirley R. SteinbergTHIS IS THE BOOK of the Generations of Barbie.
1. In the day that Ruth created her, in the likeness of Ruth's daughter and a
German whore, she made Barbie.
2. Female first she created her, and blessed her and called her name Bar-
bie after her first-born.
3. And Barbie lived three years and Ruth created Ken, male and female
she created them both.
4. And Barbie begat Skipper and friends, by the year of our lord nineteen
hundred and sixty four, they were three.
5. And Barbie lived thirty and seven years until this record. Within those
years, ten friends were created for Skipper. Midge was created to be Barbie's
best friend.
6. And in the year nineteen hundred and sixty eight, Christie was created.
Christie was unlike any other creation; her skin was black.
7. And these are the years and days of Barbie, the days of Barbie and the
Rockers; the days of Barbie and her pets, including puppy Sachi and horse
Rosebud; and the years of Barbie's family, cousins Francie and Jazzie; sib-
lings Tutti, Todd, and Stacie.
8. And through Stacie, friends were born, Whitney and Janet.
9. And through Ken, multiple male friends were born, and like Ken, none
of them ever married, and verily their manhood was always in question.
10. However, Barbie was most plentiful with friends, by the year nineteen
hundred and ninety four, having twenty and six new girlfriends. Among
them Cara who was also black, Teresa who was made Hispanic, and Kira
who was Asian.
11. Hence, Barbie was known through the land as diverse and multicul-
tural.

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Publication Information: Book Title: Kinderculture: The Corporate Construction of Childhood. Contributors: Shirley R. Steinberg - editor, Joe L. Kincheloe - editor. Publisher: Westview Press. Place of Publication: Boulder, CO. Publication Year: 1997. Page Number: 207.
    
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