The Barbie Liberation Organization or BLO, sponsored by RTMark, are a group of artists and activists involved in culture jamming. They gained notoriety in 1993 by switching the voice boxes on talking G.I. Joes and Barbie dolls. The BLO performed “surgery” on a reported 300–500 dolls and then returned them
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Barbie is one of the most iconic dolls for girls, representing the fashion industry for toys. She defines beauty for young girls with her impossibly attainable body features. Barbie promotes primary focus on beauty standards and expensive lifestyles. Mattel, the creators of Barbie, plants the idea of consumerism in the