She’s got glasses, she’s a ginger (well, technically she’s a day walker), and she can code, either on the computer she comes with, or get to twerkin’ on the iPad she’s photo’d with, above.
The new career change for Barbie comes as a response to the 2014 controversy over Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer, a book written by Susan Marenco and published by Random House. People got upset since the book apparently sends the message that Barbie can be a game designer, but not a developer. Well, as of Monday, Barbie is no longer relegated to the role of only designing; see the official Instagram below welcoming nerd Barbie to the world!
Paris Fashion Week is getting a little more provocative. Tom of Finland Foundation presents Packed for Pleasure, a new group exhibition exploring nearly a century of art, desire and censorship—and the creative ways artists have continued to make and share work when society tells them not to. Curated by the Foundation’s Chief Curator Brooke Wise
Before understanding that she could work in fashion, Maria Braz already understood the power of an image. Music videos, movies, magazines, red carpets, shows. Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna. As a child and teenager, she watched, recreated, dressed up, invented characters, and turned her computer into a set for her own productions.
Fashion week, trend fatigue, relationship scheduling, accidental wellness, and the annual September identity crisis. Maybe nothing is wrong with us. Maybe we’ve just been online too long.
Fashion Week is happening, TikTok discovered something that already existed, Mary-Kate and Ashley left the house, and naturally, I have thoughts. Welcome to NOT THAT SERIOUS.
