Barbie Is Thinking About Her Computer Engineering Degree
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I’m well aware that very few of the nerd boys who read Topless Robot — or the nerd girls, for that matter — have any interest in Barbie. But please give me the benefit of the doubt here, because I think every nerd will be extremely interested in Barbie’s potential new occupation. Mattel is currently running a poll for what Barbie’s next job should be. These include Environmentalist, News Anchor, Surgeon, and Architect, but the option that I voted for and every single person who reads TR should vote for is this: Computer Engineer.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have the chance to make Barbie a nerd for the first time ever. The power is ours.
Go to Mattel to vote. Spread the word. Tell your friends. Let’s make this happen. Not just for the Barbie-doll playing girls of the world, but for all of us.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.