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A Barbie Liberation Organization, late called A Yes Men, come practical joker world health organization style themselves when anti-corporate activists. A organization, consisting of Andy Bichlbaum & Mike Bonanno, drew click attention in the 1990s when they swapped a electronics of talking Barbie and GI Joe toys and then returned the children to the store. the pair in the future install a mock site claiming to exist as that of the World Trade Organization. Once the places received invitations to speak in behalf of the WTO, it processed a series of appearances at international conferences making absurd proposals for economic development.
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New Media: Hacking Barbie's Voice Box: 'Vengeance is Mine!' 1994.05.00 Unit Circle: The BLO Strikes "Made up of more than 50 concerned parents, feminists and other activists, the BLO claims to have surreptitiously switched the voice boxes on 300 G.I. Joe and Barbie dolls across the United States this holiday season." AP story by Brigitte Greenberg. Barbie Disinformation Organization Article on the BDO, a group placing subversive stickers on Barbie boxes. Barbie Liberators Illustrated directions for exchanging Barbie and G.I. Joe voice-boxes. Brillo Magazine: Hacking Barbie with the Barbie Liberation Organization Interview with the BLO about boy games, media and intervention, one-liners, fear, and some lessons and tactics they've learned that could be of help to other activists. Barbie Liberation Summary of the BLO hack. |
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