When is barbie in a blender day

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Today 0. Tomorrow 0. Random Day. Other Days. National Dog Day more. National Donut Day more. National Puppy Day more. National Girlfriend Day more. I noticed the other day that a calendar we have in the studio has all kinds of strange holidays listed on it.

One particular holiday caught my eye - July 27th, Barbie in a Blender day. As it turns out, Barbie in a Blender Day is about more than just shoving a doll into a blender and letting her rip. After some not much research, I found that the holiday was established as a celebration of Utah based artist Tom Forsythe's win in a lawsuit filed by Barbie's maker, Mattel. Mattel isn't a big fan of free speech -- at least not when it applies to their products. So when Utah artist Tom Forsythe took [a] photograph of Barbie in a blender as part of a series of critical fine-art Barbie photos, Mattel got pissed.

So what did they do to try stop Tom's message? They decided to sue his ass. Usually, a guy like this would have no chance going up against a fleet of corporate lawyers; and from the corporation's perspective, that's the whole point Luckily for Tom, he convinced some lawyers from the ACLU to step up to and fight his case, and after a long legal battle he was victorious. Check out the Barbie-in-a-Blender website ; read more about fair use. Facebook needs to be reined in. Lawmakers and everyday users are mad, having heard former Facebook employee Frances Haugen explain how Facebook valued growth and engagement over everything else, even health and safety.

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