so, maybe abercrombie and fitch is on to something with the padded bikini tops for 8-year-olds. it’s a, er, growth market now that 15% of American girls begin puberty by age 7 and has nothing to do with mike jeffries being a creepy 66 year old who wears sandals and says “dude” a lot. relatedly, a real life barbie would be anorexic, unable to menstruate and would need to walk on all fours.