Hey, Barbie, What’s Your Sign?

Sarah Z Writer
13 min readJul 30, 2023

(Variations of this essay were awarded the 2018 Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Contest Adult Author Category — Third Prize and 2019 Erma Bombeck Humorist In-Residence- Honorary Mention)

From humorist, Dave Barry,“Nice, punchy humor style, consistently funny. I love this line: ‘Also, Barbie has the perfect relationship with Ken doll, who is famous for having perfect teeth and no penis.’

Hey Barbie, What’s Your Sign?

I was at a Barbie doll convention when I found out my marriage was doomed.

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Sarah Z Writer

Frank and funny, Sarah writes the hard stuff of marriage, parenting, woman-ing. Ravishly, The Belladonna Comedy, Pregnant Chicken, & more. Twitter: @sarahzimzam