While Allan may be popular in the world of Barbie, the name Allan has never taken off — "peaking at No. 115 in 1940" and currently sitting at #2,081 on the list of popular names for boys.

In school I would decorate every folder and notebook I had with band logos such as Papa Roach ... Robbie is an aspirational Barbie for all boys, girls and anyone who doesn’t identify as either ...

The debated okayness of men seeing Barbie, and the eternal conundrum of whether boys could play with Barbie dolls, is a chance to ask probing questions about how we understand gender identity today.

But social media posts by men who were eager to speak about having played with Barbie dolls held my attention. I played with G.I. Joe, He-Man, Thundercats, M.A.S.K. and Go-Bots like any other boy ...