Magic screen roller blinds are a modern and innovative solution for window coverings. These blinds are made with a special fabric that allows for the perfect balance of light and privacy. They are designed to offer maximum control over the amount of sunlight entering a room, while also providing privacy from the outside world. The magic screen roller blinds work by using a high-quality mesh fabric that is designed to filter the sunlight, allowing for a soft and diffused light to pass through. This not only reduces glare and heat, but also protects furniture and floors from fading due to harmful UV rays. The fabric also provides protection from prying eyes, making these blinds an excellent choice for bedrooms and other areas where privacy is important.
The fabric also provides protection from prying eyes, making these blinds an excellent choice for bedrooms and other areas where privacy is important. One of the key features of magic screen roller blinds is their ability to be fully adjustable. The blinds can be easily raised or lowered to any desired height, providing complete control over the amount of light and privacy in a room.
Cock Ring Ken is in the Barbie movie, so let’s talk about Cock Ring Ken
Tasha Robinson leads Polygon’s movie coverage. She’s covered film, TV, books, and more for 20 years, including at The A.V. Club, The Dissolve, and The Verge.
It can be hard to believe how much has changed over the past 30 years for queer Americans. In the distant past of 1993, gay marriage wasn’t legal in any state in the country. Sodomy laws all over America attempted to outlaw gay sex by criminalizing any oral or anal erotic contact. And Dan Savage, a sex-advice columnist then only known to readers of a few independent alt-newspapers around the country, was capable of making breakout news with a scandalous revelation: Mattel’s latest Ken doll, part of the Earring Magic line of Barbie toys, was openly modeled on gay fashion. And Mattel had unwittingly put a sex toy around his neck.
Or, as Savage put it in 1993, “The little girls of our great nation wanted a hipper Ken, and Mattel gave them a hip Ken. A queer Ken.”
Image: Melissa Mathieson
Float into our DreamHouse: Barbie World is Polygon’s dive into everything Barbie, from her legacy as an iconic toy to her presence in games and movies.
That queer Ken is in Greta Gerwig’s movie Barbie, in a brief, winking cameo. And given the satirical, knowing tone of the film — and the scene where he appears, in a nod to some of the most regrettable and hilarious choices in the Barbie toy line over the years — there’s no question that Gerwig and co-writer Noah Baumbach know the name people have had for that Ken doll since 1993: “Cock Ring Ken.”
Savage’s 1993 column “Ken Comes Out” lays out the specifics. “Earring Magic Ken” (who doesn’t get his own credit in Barbie, alas) sported a sheer and revealing purple mesh shirt, a purple vinyl vest, two-tone hair, a single silver earring, and a gold band around one elbow. He also came with a pair of shiny plastic earrings for his owner to wear. “But Earring Magic Ken is sporting another accoutrement that’s been largely overlooked,” Savage wrote. “[H]anging around Ken’s neck, on a metallic silver thread, is what ten out of ten people in the know will tell you at a glance is a cock ring.”
Photo: Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images
Savage certainly doesn’t think Mattel set out to equip Ken with a cock ring: He initially suggests that in the quest for a fashionable party outfit, Mattel designers took pictures of people at nightclubs and translated their outfits into a doll design. “On closer inspection, Ken’s entire Earring Magic outfit turns out to be three-year-old rave wear,” he wrote. And he describes chrome cock ring necklaces — which is to say, necklaces exactly like the one on Earring Magic Ken — as “de rigueur rave wear” for the era.
“For about a year every gay boy at a rave was wearing at least one,” Savage wrote. “[T]hese cock rings were often pressed into service later in the evening, to help totally tweaked ravers keep up what the X was pulling down.”
Thirty years later, Savage’s column is well worth revisiting — and not just to get the gag in Barbie about why Earring Magic Ken was a questionable design choice, alongside Sugar Daddy Ken, a 2009 “adult collector line” doll whose suggestive name seems more deliberate than Cock Ring Ken’s apparel. (See, he has a dog named Sugar, and he’s the dog’s “daddy.” Even in this age of people treating their pets as kids, it’s still hard to buy that no one involved with that doll’s design intended any double entendre.)
No, the real reasons to read the “Ken Comes Out” piece today are the hilarity of watching Savage question a Mattel rep about the doll (she clearly thinks he’s just messing with her), and the revelations about how neatly Earring Magic Ken’s design captures an inflection point of change around queer voices in mainstream America.
America vilifying its queer citizens and hanging on to laws criminalizing them (which the Supreme Court had upheld as recently as 1986) while also appropriating from them was nothing new. Look back at the entire history of Hollywood, and you’ll see creatives and artists admiring and stealing from queer culture, and weaponizing the tastes of queer creators while keeping them underground and in the closet. What was new in the early ’90s, and what Dan Savage pinned down specifically, was an MTV-driven era where queerness was pushing into mainstream life faster than the Moral Majority types could keep up with — or even track.
“What the little girls were seeing, and telling Mattel was cool, wasn’t what their relations were wearing — unless they had hip queer relatives — but the homoerotic fashions and imagery they were seeing on MTV, what they saw Madonna’s dancers wearing in her concerts and films and, as it happens, what ACT UP/Queer Nation fags and dykes were wearing to demos and raves,” Savage wrote. “Queer imagery has so permeated our culture that from rock stars (Axl Rose and his leather chaps) to toy designers, mainstream America isn’t even aware when it’s adopting queer fashions and mores. Or when it’s putting cock rings, even little plastic ones, into the hands of little girls.”
Barbie doesn’t attempt to unpack any of this, naturally enough. Earring Magic Ken — or Cock Ring Ken, if you prefer — sails by as a quick gag about discontinued dolls, just one of approximately a million of the movie’s visual and verbal jokes about the Barbie line. As far as we could tell from the few seconds he’s on screen, he isn’t even wearing the necklace, though that’s something we’ll be watching for more closely once clips of the movie are available.
But it’s worth taking his presence in Barbie as a reminder of a very specific and particular moment in marketing history, one where designers trying to co-opt coolness didn’t realize how fast they were helping change history and move the world forward. Writers besides Dan Savage noticed what they called the “gender bending” aspects of Earring Magic Ken; they just didn’t have the working knowledge of queer culture to pin down exactly what they were seeing. Cock Ring Ken didn’t change the world, but he sure was a sign of how much it was changing in his day — and how quickly.
This makes these blinds a versatile choice for any window, whether it be large or small. In addition to their functionality, magic screen roller blinds also offer a sleek and modern aesthetic. The minimalistic design and clean lines of these blinds make them a popular choice for contemporary interiors. They can easily blend into any decor style, adding a touch of elegance and sophistication to any room. Overall, magic screen roller blinds are an excellent choice for those looking for a modern and functional window covering. With their ability to provide privacy, regulate sunlight, and enhance the aesthetic of a room, these blinds are a versatile and practical option. Whether for a bedroom, living room, or office space, magic screen roller blinds are a fantastic choice for any home or office..
Reviews for "Transform Your Office Space with Magic Screen Roller Blinds"
1. Mark - ⭐
I purchased the Magic Screen Roller Blinds in hopes of adding a touch of sophistication to my living room. However, I have been thoroughly disappointed with their performance. The blinds constantly get stuck, making it difficult to roll them up or down. Additionally, the mechanism feels flimsy and cheaply made. For the price I paid, I expected much better quality. I would not recommend these blinds to anyone.
2. Lisa - ⭐⭐
I wanted to update my kitchen window with the Magic Screen Roller Blinds, but I have been less than impressed with their functionality. The blinds don't provide sufficient privacy as they claim. Despite their claims of blocking out the sun, they allow too much light to pass through, which is quite frustrating, especially during the hot summer days. Furthermore, the blinds seem to collect dust easily, requiring constant cleaning. Overall, I would advise against investing in these blinds as they are not worth the money.
3. Sarah - ⭐⭐⭐
I had high hopes for the Magic Screen Roller Blinds, but unfortunately, they fell short of my expectations. The installation process was a nightmare due to unclear instructions provided. Once I finally managed to install them, I noticed that the material of the blinds felt flimsy and prone to tearing. Additionally, the bottom bar of the blinds often gets stuck and requires excessive force to adjust. Ultimately, I regret my purchase and would suggest looking for alternative options in the market.