First name Barbie last name Doll

I wish, writes Maureen Bocka in First name Barbie last name Doll,
I could tell you my history / Make you see past all the pink distractions. With apologies to Aqua, the Barbie girl’s life in plastic isn’t always so fantastic. These dazzling, clear-eyed poems deftly explore love, loss, betrayal, and inequality in a world where Dreamhouse closets are shut so tight, even President Barbie declares, If it’s ever known my friends and I / are lesbians we’ll be incinerated for sure. Thank goodness Bocka is here to rip those pink doors open and report fearlessly on the secrets behind them. -T.A. Noonan, author of The Bone Folders, Petticoat Government, and four sparks fall