Gay club ken doll

But her boyfriend is a bit bland, a true dork best known for wearing satin tuxedos. The doll was called Earring Magic Kenwhich is the absolute best name for an accidentally gay doll. Earring Magic Ken rocks a mesh lavender shirt and matching pleather vest. His hair is perfectly quaffed and expertly highlighted with chunky streaks of blonde.

It holds charms he can share with Barbie. It only mattered that Ken was wearing a super sexual necklace, a mesh lavender shirt and had his left ear pierced. While clueless moms picked up Earring Magic Ken for their kids, club men flocked to toy stores, scooping up the doll accidentally modeled in their image.

Mattel even went so far as to recall the doll from shelves. He was that gay. In total, Earring Magic Ken was only available for six months in — but it ken reportedly remains the best-selling Ken doll of all time. Even before Earring Magic Ken, gay jokes surrounded fashion-loving Ken for his satin suits and affiliation with the hyper-feminine world of Barbie.

Instead, queer people were writing the material. It was directly after the height of the AIDS crisis in the United Statesand stigma around queer sexuality was rampant. Earring Magic Ken likely struck such a chord with gay men and queer people because it was representation when no one wanted to represent us.

And it is still giggle-worthy to this day: Mattel wanted Ken to be cool enough for Barbie, but instead accidentally made him gay. Almost three decades later, Mattel has evolved its brand to appeal to a growingly progressive consumer — and a more queer-friendly world. A November study of shoppers found only 5 percent would actually consider buying a Creatable World doll.

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