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BARBIE'S BOYFRIEND? IT'S NOT KEN-TASTIC

I feel for Ken, the poor sap.

It's not his fault. Not really. There are forces at work in the universe we are powerless against. I can speak with some authority on the subject – being a member of the male species my entire life – when I say that every man, plastic or otherwise, has made a fool of himself over a pretty face.

And Barbie, Ken's longstanding girlfriend, is definitely a pretty face. She started

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