#day to night ken

[barbielore]

Day to Night Barbie was notable in a way because she was the first Barbie to be a CEO - an aspirational career that became a cornerstone of the Barbie "can be anything" ethos that still defines the brand to this day.

But Barbie was not the only character hitting the town after a hard day of work.

Day to Night Ken was also featured, in a very nice corduroy suit. (Or at least, I think it's corduroy.) He came equipped with a credit card and the ability to swap his business necktie for a bow tie.

I find it kind of interesting that a lot of the marketing material - like this Italian ad for example - show Barbie sitting and working, and Ken just kind of wandering around.

It is also true, across almost every ad that I have seen, that there is just a lot more text attached to Barbie. She is a career woman and she can go out for a night on the town! And also, Ken is there too.

The set also included the Barbie Home & Office!

The idea, as far as I can tell, is that it was a carry case that could be flipped, so that one side was an office and the other was Barbie's bedroom. This is probably just efficient use of space, but maybe Barbie was just working from home before it was cool.

(Note: edited to reflect that the ad is Italian, not French.)

[rollinrabbit]

I'M JUST KEN (AND I'M ENOUGH) AND I'M GREAT AT DOING ~STUFF~

[ann-is-amazing-person]

O H N O

[brundark100]

i’m about to make this man a father of two omg

[javaghoul]

TG characters & who's out listening to the neighbours arguing again

Koma is the meme of the guy vacuuming the driveway. Any excuse to get nearer to the action.

As soon as he works out it's not ghoul related, Amon closes the window. He doesn't wanna hear this shit.

Itori doesn't know who Louise is, but wants to. She sounds like a party. Recognises the subtle slur of inebriated angry women.

Hide is a little averse to arguments, as is Ken. The former doesn't enjoy hearing others' misery, and the latter finds it a bit triggering.

Neighbourly arguments are a goldmine for Eto. If it isn't gossip, it's inspiration for her novels.

Nishiki acts like he's above it, but when he hears that Mr Neighbour has been shagging everything on the street he's listening.

When it sounds like the neighbours aren't tiring themselves out, Yomo will knock doors. Mostly to get them to stfu, but also to make sure everything's ok (especially if the neighbour has kids in the house).

Tsukiyama has missed out on the experience of noisy neighbour fights ☹️

Roma, Suzuya, Uta and Nico are out on the street feet away from the quarrelling couple encouraging them. They choose sides too.

Touka is a slams-the-window-loudly kinda person. If she wanted to listen to bullshit, she'd have stayed at work.

Saiko sleeps through the entire thing, but wonders why her neighbour is camped out in their car the next morning.

[brokehorrorfan]

ISH will release Dawn of the Dead 36x24 screen prints by Ken Taylor today, June 19, at 1pm EST. The standard version is limited to 150 for $70, while the variant (below) is limited to 100 for $80. Acrylic panel prints of both versions, limited to 25 each, will also be available for $125.

[merry-andrews]

Hello MK1 fans! :) have some smoll dad!Kenshi doodles from me to you! :>

[shohrrts]

if someone asked what my dream ride is straight away with no hesitation i’d have to say black reaper kaneki

[ghost-in-the-corner]

Ok I'm back on my Barbie movie bullshit

The song they're using to promote it, Dua Lipa's Dance the Night, is so incredibly depressing.

For context:

The music and singing are very upbeat. It sounds exactly like what you'd hear from a Barbie song. Same thing for the title; Barbies are glamorized, always having the time of their lives.

In this way, it's very reminiscent of Aqua's Barbie Girl song. That song is about being (for lack of a better word) a bimbo, living a party lifestyle and getting spoiled by your partner, who gets a lot of sex in return.

This sort of objectification has surrounded Barbies for years. They're toys, meant to be pretty and dressed up and dance with other Barbies.

But Dua Lipa's song. The lyrics are so depressed and existential. The first line:

Baby, you can find me under the light, diamonds under my eyes

Sounds like a regular party night. Later from the background singers:

Even when the tears are flowing they're diamonds on my face.

Barbie literally starts the song out crying.

The whole thing continues in this trend, with her talking about how, despite everything happening - her heart breaking - inside, she keeps on presenting the perfect idea of a Barbie. Not one hair out of place, not missing any steps, still with that smile and tight outfit.

This, again, shows the existential crisis Barbie is going to go through in the film. She has an ideal she has to live up to; society demands her to be the perfect Barbie, always happy and pretty and carefree. But she doesn't want that. It's why her feet go flat, and why she wants to put the heel on. She fully believes herself to be the doll everyone else made her, thus doesn't think she should be able to express how she really feels. It's why Barbie keeps moving, cause if she stops, she'll shatter.

I'll still keep the party going, not one hair out of place - yes, I can

And because she's convinced herself that she needs to be the perfect Barbie, she does well acting like it, so no one else feels what she feels. Every other Barbie and Ken don't have these ideas, thus making her the lone figure, isolated from both the world she's in and the world she wants.

When my heart breaks - they never see it

I think this leads into the idea that Barbie's inner conflict might make her choose between the worlds; in Barbieland, she's the perfect doll with a fabulous life, but in the real world, she's a person with emotions and free will.

[cantevenbeachhere]

hey ken. i felt kinda sad and lonely today :( luckily i watched a hard day’s night and i’m feeling a lot better!! hope you have lil joys in life like that :D

-🤖🪼

Hi 🤖🪼Anon! I’m sorry you’ve felt down today, but I’m glad you’re feeling a lot better! That’s totally great!

And yeah, I totally got little joys like that too. Simple pleasures sometimes are the best ones, ya know? I hope everybody has something like that.

The one you mentioned sounds kinda interesting. A Hard Day’s Night, never heard of it before. What’s it about? Will you tell me?

[hairtusk]

spent the last 9ish hours deep cleaning my room and i feel like an actual person for the first time since. probably early january.

[gojooooo]

guysguysguys hear me out. yuuji as matt murdock and sukuna as frank castle. sukuita as devilpunisher. i would add a scene for the people who aren’t familiar but i would literally have to add the entirety of season two of daredevil because they’re just THAT good

[kdsburneraccount]

i just think they're neat

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Nightmare Worlds I have to break this set up so you well see this box 2 or 3 times it has Alien Contamination 1980, Alien Species 1996, Alien Zone aka The House of the Dead 1978, All the Kind Strangers 1974, The Alpha Incident 1978, Atomic Rulers of the World 1965, Attack from Space 1965, Beast of the Yellow Night 1971, Counterblast 1948, The Day the Sky Exploded 1958, Death Warmed Up 1984, The Disappearance of Flight 412 1974, The Doomsday Machine 1976, Embryo 1976, and End of World 1977

[nukaposting]

my friend gave me a vera keyes dress.

[taiyami]

*slinks into your inbox* oh hello tai, I didn’t see you there. I’m just listening the lord god bird by coach kit which reminds me of ur beautiful blog and ur vibe. would you care to take a listen with me?

I knew you were going to bring me a nice song considering you like First Aid Kit and Marty Robbins, but I'll admit this one made me ache a little in my heart. Little do you know, when I lived in the south as a teenager I lived in AR, so when it was name dropped I went a little "!!"

(send me a song that has the same vibe as my blog!)