‘I started as a Barbie,’ she says

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/1847272

Barbara Oppenheimer - a retired Boston University professor and grandmother of five based in Newton, Massachusetts - has had quite the summer amid this year’s “Barbenheimer” frenzy.

In an interview with Slate, Oppenheimer revealed that numerous people thought she was joking when she would say her name outloud. The retiree recalled a specifically confusing moment during a recent vacation, saying: “When I checked in at the hotel, I said, ‘Barbie Oppenheimer!’ The guy said, ‘Are you pulling my leg?’”

  • @[email protected]English
    20•1 year ago

    I don’t find it that strange really, Barbie is a first name (its a diminutive of Barbara), Oppenheimer is a surname

    • Chariotwheel
      14•1 year ago

      Also, she actually married someone from the Oppenheimer family and took his name, so

      The retired professor also revealed to the outlet that her husband is actually a distant relative of J Robert Oppenheimer; his father is third cousins with the father of the atomic bomb, hence her last name.