{"id":1618,"date":"2016-01-30T04:56:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T20:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/30\/but-wait-what-about-a-dad-bod-ken-doll\/"},"modified":"2016-01-30T04:56:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T20:56:52","slug":"but-wait-what-about-a-dad-bod-ken-doll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/30\/but-wait-what-about-a-dad-bod-ken-doll\/","title":{"rendered":"But wait, what about a &#039;dad bod&#039; Ken doll?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kendolls\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAxLzI5LzI5L2tlbmRvbGxzLjViNTA3LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/00bd4d28\/e30\/kendolls.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=But+wait%2C+what+about+a+%27dad+bod%27+Ken+doll%3F&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F29%2Fken-doll-dad-bod%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F29%2Fken-doll-dad-bod%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>By now you&#8217;ve probably heard that Mattel released <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/28\/barbie-body-shapes\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">new Barbie dolls<\/a>, with a more diverse range of body types and skin colors<\/p>\n<p>The decision is a huge step in the right direction<\/p>\n<p>But many feel it&#8217;s simply not far enough (besides being incredibly overdue). Many critics on social media are pointing out that Barbie&#8217;s now four total body types and seven skin tones are only the beginning. They say if Mattel is truly striving for fair representation of different body types, the line should include but not be limited to transgender, disabled, overweight and postpartum bodies<\/p>\n<p>And that doesn&#8217;t just go for the female doll, Barbie. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/29\/ken-doll-dad-bod\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/children\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Children<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/parenting\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Parenting<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/diversity\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Diversity<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/toys\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Toys<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/barbie\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Barbie<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/Vxgbqyye2mQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By now you&#8217;ve probably heard that Mattel released new Barbie dolls, with a more diverse range of body types and skin colors The decision is a huge step in the right direction But many feel it&#8217;s simply not far enough &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/30\/but-wait-what-about-a-dad-bod-ken-doll\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1285,1284,877,1093,1158],"class_list":["post-1618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-barbie","tag-children","tag-diversity","tag-parenting","tag-toys"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}