In the early 1990s, mega toy company Mattel struggled to sell Ken dolls and searched for a solution. They began with a focus group of Barbie’s target demographic, young girls, who were asked if they thought Barbie and Ken should break up. The consensus was that the Barbie fans still
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This is a scene from Larry Clark’s 1995 film “Kids.” Clark became famous in the 70s for his photographs of young people doing lurid things. “Kids” was shocking because it had verisimilitude–it seemed like a nakedly truthful depiction of thoroughly debauched children. It was a huge but controversial indie hit