[from an article in my eating disorders reader called "body wars: barbie dolls & body image"...]

one group, the barbie liberation organization, formed by a graduate student from the university of california at san diego, went so far as to swap the speech mechanisms of the talking barbies with those of g.i. joes, causing havoc for the toy stores that received the tampered merchandise. the talking barbies were saying things like, "vengeance is mine," while the g.i. joes were saying, "let's go shopping."