dream kitsch-en

A wave of nostalgia inspired by Barbie's 50th anniversary prompted me to search for some of my childhood toys on the Internets. It also made me wonder why she even had a kitchen. After all, it seems rather cruel that Barbie, after a long day toiling as a Career Girl, should have to come home to her pretty pink plastic appliances only to be reminded that she can't open her mouth. In my fantasy kitchen, I would have a non-dorm-sized fridge, an oven that accommodates regulation-sized cookie sheets, and -- is this too greedy? --drawers. A girl can dream...