Behind the Barbie-Ken Breakup

Did America's favorite doll dump her beau for a surfer dude? Is her longtime steady gay? BW Online's Barbie historian sorts it all out
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By Patricia O'Connell

Barbie has been cast in many roles over the years: ice skater, astronaut, movie star, doctor, Presidential candidate (see BW Online, 5/04/00, "President 2000 Barbie: The White House or Bust"). But disloyal, man-eating, round-heeled hussy? Never.