Finally, there's a doll for the subway-riding, S'well-bottle-sipping, NPR-listening, Trader-Joe's-bag-toting millennial in your life: Commuter Barbie!
And they even filmed a commercial advertising Commuter Barbie in all her Canada-Goose-coat-clad glory:
Hsieh told BuzzFeed News she and Arisso got the idea one night while they were visiting The Strand, a popular New York bookstore.
"We saw a mini Strand tote bag keychain, and it set off a PTSD flashback to every canvas-lined rush hour commute we’ve ever had," said Hsieh.
"If there are 18 miles of books at The Strand, there must be double that mileage in stockroom totes," she said. "And every single one of them will end up being flaunted on the train."
Hsieh and Arisso debuted the video Tuesday on social media, and people basically gave it a standing ovation.
CANCEL THE OSCARS ALL WE NEED IS THIS https://t.co/8gTbY44e6z
omg me as a barbie minus trader joes & blonde hair https://t.co/KXV94Pk7Mo
"If she can't hear the cat callers how will she know to smile?" https://t.co/TmyCWrX9XD
And people are relating hard.
"Her hair is still wet and her hands smell like pennies!" I'm having commuter PTSD https://t.co/L8B6D8qn2H
WHY AM I COMMUTER BARBIE SHE EVEN HAS A YOGA MAT I'M HOLLERING https://t.co/NkIZdrZCld
I feel personally attacked 🤷🏻♀️ https://t.co/AJyq9H0qzD
Commuter Barbie comes with all the essentials: a Metrocard, a Clif bar, an iPhone playing "This Barbie Life," a S'Well bottle, and a copy of Zadie Smith's "Swing Time."
And, of course, a Starbucks cup for "Babrie."
While the doll hits the nail on the head of millennial life in New York, Hsieh said she and her roommate didn't create Commuter Barbie in their own image.
Commuter Barbie is "just a girl you see commuting on the train that felt near and dear to us," said Hsieh.
