#Doctor Barbie

[smudge-cell]

How is no one talking about the trans barbie? It's awesome to have representation. I hope she's in more acting gigs.

Hari Neff

[clownsnake]

dumb idiot jokes fill my heart with joy

[lowkey-bimbo]

Me: (goes to Barbie movie expecting to have a fun time) Barbie: Here's Hari Nef, a trans gal like you, dressed as a sexy maid!

Me: This better not awaken anything in me.

[callieyanderechan]

Can I recommend a Ryan’s Ken x reader where they are just hanging on the beach with their friend when Y/N starts feeling sick and she feels dizzy and passes out. After she wakes up at Doctors Barbies and goes home, Ken is SUPER worried about her and can there be a whole lot of angst and comfort and fluff?

Ask and you shall receive

KEN X SICK!READER

It was a normal day in Barbieland

And by normal i mean perfect

The sun was out, The barbie's where smiling and the waves where as fake as ever

You where talking with Ken

(Mainly about how gorgeous he thinks you are because Ken)

When you started to feel dizzy and sick

Ken immeadiately noticed you where looking pale and tired

"Are you okay?"

You went to respond but instead you... passed out

That's pretty embarassing ngl

You wake up in Barbie!Hari's office and still feel really tired and sick

Babygirl spends hours looking after you

I love her so much

You feel like absolute shit

You finally start to feel a little better and insist you can go home

Barbie!Hari agrees but is adamant that you do not drive

So you walk back to your dreamhouse and almost immediately regret your decision but still walk back

When you get home you see Ken standing at your front door

He runs up to you and see's you still look really pale and picks you up and carrys you to your bedroom

you smile at him and and let yourself relax in his arms

he puts you in your bed and tucks you in and kisses your forehead like a little gentleman and lets you go to sleep

When you wake up he's still there, put out your outfit the day, and fed your pets

Makes your breakfast and generally just spends the day looking after you

Did he start the patriarchy?

Maybe

But is he still my sweet little baby?

Absolutely

SORRY IF THIS WASN'T REALLY ANGSTY I'VE NEVER WRITTEN ANGSTY STUFF BUT I TRIED MY BEST XXX

[dinersaturn]

Having a trans actress in a Barbie movie is so wonderful. I know many trans women in the doll community who credit dolls with helping them explore femininity as children. Hopefully, even though this film has more mature elements- it can inspire younger people.

[cannontranscharacteroftheday]

Trans Character of the Day

Doctor Barbie from Barbie is a trans woman and uses she/her pronouns!

[candycornstudios]

I drew Doctor Barbie from the Barbie movie. I drew her with the same exact pose from her poster. She's a trans Barbie canonically AND the actress that portrays her (Hari Nef) is also a trans woman.

[barbie-pride-flags]

Trans pride flag color picked from Doctor Barbie from Barbie (2023)!

[barbielore]

I've talked before about how Barbie has had hundreds of careers. The official count from Mattel is "over 200", which no doubt is an unspecific number because of how difficult it is to define. Are we talking about just playline dolls, or including careers that were represented in collectibles? If Barbie is in the likeness of a celebrity, is she representing that celebrity's career? Are bakery chef, cookie chef, and cupcake chef functionally different careers, or are they three variations on the same?

Mattel have put so much emphasis on expanding the careers that Barbie can hold - including the Career of the Year line, and increasing the number of Barbies depicting her as a woman in STEM. In the past I've done some posts detailing some of her more common careers: astronaut, ballerina, Olympian, teacher, military, air travel.

But it did get me thinking, what are Barbie's most common careers and what does it say about the Barbie line that this is the case?

Using Wikipedia as my main source, these were the top careers. (I am not counting Fashion Model because not only was this the OG Barbie career, every Silkstone doll for 20 years was technically a Fashion Model, and you could make an argument that so are most Barbies of unspecified vocation depicted in fashionable attire.)

Doctor*: 36

School Teacher**: 28

Food Service Employee (non-Chef): 23

Chef: 21

Musician / Singer: 20 each

Actor: 17

Veterinarian: 14

Non-food service retail: 13

Astronaut: 11

*This includes Doctor, Baby Doctor, Eye Doctor, Surgeon, Army Medic and Dentist, but not Nurse, Paramedic or Vet.

** Including any teachers that appeared to be depicting a traditional classroom, and excluding e.g. sports coaches and other apparent extra-curricular subjects.

I make no claims that this is a completely comprehensive list, but it certainly shows some trends. I am not sure that I would have picked Barbie's most prominent career (outside of Fashion Model) being Doctor, but it makes sense. After all, doctors are people that children are taught to look up to, are likely to encounter moderately often, and who have attire and props that are very distinctive.

Of the different kinds of doctor Barbie has been, she has been a pediatrician 14 times. This also makes sense, as it is the kind of doctor most children would have the most association with. (However, it is also one of the more female-dominated fields of medicine.)

Incidentally, when I was growing up much was made of the fact that Barbie was identified as a "Baby Doctor" or a "Children's Doctor", but these days some Barbies are in fact identified unambiguously as Paediatricians.

This also explains why "teacher" is so high on the list - another career that children are taught to respect and which children have a significant amount of day to day experience of. And of course, it doesn't take too much thought to consider why Musician, Singer and Actress are highly represented - these are careers that are perceived as glamorous and exciting, and as such have wide appeal.

I have plenty more to say on this subject but this post is already really long so I will save the rest and call this... part 1...

[meilia-stims]

Doctor Barbie (Barbie) stimboard

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[eagledrawsandvibes]

“The Barbie movie is a radfem movie, it’s made for us! Barbie is a TERF!”

Ok, explain THIS, THEN.

And this.

Also like. Barbie is a trans woman. How are you gonna say she’s a terf when she started the movie without a vagina, and then when she transitioned into a real woman, as you call her, she has a vagina?

Now I wonder what kind of people transition into having female genitalia when they previously did not, and when they didn’t, they weren’t considered a real woman? Oh, I know!

Trans women!

Stay mad, radfems, this ain’t your movie.

[dat2ndaccount97]

If I had a nickel for every time Mattel Released a Reproduction Barbie not based off an Actual Doll i'd have 2 Nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

[rathbane]

[cantevenbeachhere]

Dear Ken Diary,

Well I’ve given up trying to be ready for the gymnastics part of the Barbie Land Olympics. All my attempts to do a flip have not ended so well. Doctor Barbie was called at one point, but don’t worry, I’m okay.

Ken did like five flips in a row while Doctor Barbie was around and was all like “golden medal for golden flips.” 🙄

Whatever.

Anyway, I can beat him in all sorts of different Olympic events! AND! I’m leading the parade so there.

Also! MerKen got his hair color changed. It’s green now. MerBarbie’s is still the same. Ken asked MerKen why his hair is green now, and he said it’s because green is his favorite color.

And you know what? It looks good on him. I’d never do it but it looks good on him!

Well I gotta go, instead of a dance party tonight, we’re having a marshmallow and music campfire party at Beach and I gotta help set up! I’m so excited! I loooooove marshmallows and music and Beach! 🥰🥰

[lesbianmity]

It's criminal that Doctor Barbie (Hari Nef) doesn't have a doll

[supercoolreallyawesome]

shunned from the weed circle at a party after asking for a "quick honk on that bobo" (ref)