Architect is Barbie's "Career of the Year"

Every year Mattel gives Barbie a new job to inspire and educate girls about possible careers for women, and this year she's an architect. The American Institute for Architecture hosted a design competition for Barbie's Dream House to accompany the new doll. You can go here to vote for the winning design and learn more about Architect Barbie!

Here is good article on the matter, Architecture Is Tough! Will Architect Barbie Help More Women Become Designers?, with lots of the who, what, where, and why of the matter. (By the way, that was a pun, "good article", because it's from the site good.is. Haha.)

And I especially like this one. Here's what female architects think about their new colleague: Young Architects React to Architect Barbie.

Finally, my career choice has been justified by a doll!

She better not be my competition.

And while we're on the subject of Barbie: Barbie as buildings.