barbie is my love

i love twisted barbie images. I think because she's such an icon of girl dreamhood, like the ultimate embodiment of what a little girl should strive to be. I think it just makes me enjoy the contradictions people pose. sort of like seeing really smart kids fail at things. and cups that aren't real cups..you know, things that look like they're one way, but they're another. or things that are supposed to be one way, but they're not...sort of..all facets of faux bois and trompe l'oeil...but only the neat kind: defying your visual expectations. case in point: