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The INSIDER Summary:
The INSIDER Summary:- Mattel released a line of diverse Ken dolls earlier this week.
- The line includes a Ken doll with a man bun.
- There were mixed reactions on Twitter about the doll.
- Many commentors poked fun at the doll's new style, though others love the look.
Man buns are to the 2010s as mullets were to the 1980s: a hairstyle that invokes such emotion, such outrage and such vitriol that it's a wonder anyone even tries to wear one anymore. But they do! Oh, they do.
And now the divisive hairstyle is coming to one of the most iconic men on Earth: Ken.
You know, Ken the doll.
With Ken's new body-positive makeover, which was revealed on Tuesday and added two new body types for Ken, comes Ken with a man bun. You could call him Man Bun Ken if you'd like; we're sure he wouldn't mind.
While Ken's overall makeover has already earned praise, Man Bun Ken was perhaps a step too far for many on Twitter.
Just like the hairstyle itself, Man Bun Ken has incited many emotions from people online, mostly ranging from outrage to vitriol.
Black Ken: GOOD
Asian Ken: GOOD
Gay Ken: GOOD
Man Bun Ken: MELT HIM IN THE MICROWAVE THEN THROW AWAY THE MICROWAVE AND BUY A NEW MICROWAVE https://t.co/ofEerIcwA9
— H.C. Marks (@HCMarks) June 20, 2017To a majority of Twitter users, though, it's simply laughable:
There's a new Ken doll with a Man Bun. He's paired with Very Sad And Embarrassed Barbie. https://t.co/FDZKGtMWOC
— Josh Mankiewicz (@JoshMankiewicz) June 20, 2017
We Tried to Topple the Patriarchy but All We Got Was a Ken Doll with a Man Bun, a feminist memoir of the 2010s pic.twitter.com/bzyvE03KiN
— Alice Roth (@aliceroth) June 20, 2017
Man Bun Ken listens exclusively to Drake and doesn't caption his Instagrams, which are always of nature.
— Vanessa Golembewski (@vgolembewski) June 20, 2017
If "Man Bun Ken" pushes Health Care off the front page, then perhaps we deserve everything we're getting. pic.twitter.com/BdkjahpvuG
— Michael Pops Caine (@PopsCaine) June 20, 2017To some, he more specifically resembles a defeated Bernie bro:
I don't even own Mattel's new man bun Ken Doll but he already told me the dangers of processed food and how Bernie would have beaten Trump. pic.twitter.com/rjxQQFiEfI
— Sully Sullivan (@Mikey_Sul) June 20, 2017 Or a Tinder aficionado:
Man Bun Ken swipes right on every girl because, as he explains it, "Tinder is a numbers game."
— Vanessa Golembewski (@vgolembewski) June 20, 2017To others, he's a sure sign of the apocalypse:
Nostradamus predicted that the world would end soon after the Ken doll got himself a man bun makeover. https://t.co/ZzMpfb995A
— Kirkland Ciccone (@KirklandCiccone) June 20, 2017Cynics aside, though, Man Bun Ken does have his supporters, as well:
#ManBunKen will bring this world together. Man. Bun. Ken. https://t.co/rptn0ebkwp
— Minda Powers-Douglas (@cemeteryminda) June 20, 2017
A brown Ken with a man bun! I wish I'd had this growing up <3 https://t.co/9qikyjNNQX
— Jose Solís (@josesolismayen) June 20, 2017
oh my gosh I want a man-bun Ken immediatelyhttps://t.co/eQjT1MHwer
— Elsajeni (@elsajeni) June 20, 2017He hasn't hurt anyone, after all. He's just living his life, man bun and all.
Given that this makeover of Kens is all about inclusivity, and making sure that more people can see themselves and relate to the dolls, a Ken with a man bun really isn't such a rotten idea idea. Men — and boys, too — have this hairstyle, so why shouldn't they too be able to relate to a doll that looks like them?
At least he's not in a RompHim.
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