Barbie Dolls

[kenny]

Besides the fashion industry I blame Mattel for training young girls that impossible body proportions are attractive.
Decades before Photoshop was invented Barbie had impossible body proportions.

I stumbled across this spoof of Barbie, who must be in her 50s now.
AFAIC the real Barbie dolls look just as sad, shocking and degrading as this pic.
If I had a daughter I'd never buy her a Barbie doll.

 

[brightlight]

Date: 10/21/2009 3:45:39 PM
Author:kenny
Besides the fashion industry I blame Mattel for training young girls about what body proportions are attractive.

Decades before Photoshop was invented Barbie had impossible body proportions.

I stumbled across this great spoof of Barbie, who must be in her 50s now.
AFAIC the real Barbie dolls are just as sad, shocking and degrading as this pic.
If I had a daughter I'd never buy her a Barbie doll.

I played with Barbies as a kid. I don't think Barbie affects young girls as much as the media does. I always knew Barbie was fake, but the women on magazine covers were real. (I wasn't aware of Photoshop at the time.)

 

[sctsbride09]

100% ditto to Brightlight, I never knew the women on the mag covers look way worse until I saw them IRL. (used to do make up for a living once-upon-a time). Most of them drink and smoke TONS and it really affects their skin. ETA-I also played with barbies, but that one you posted Kenny is way skinnier than the ones Im used to lol. gross.

 

[dragonfly411]

I have to agree with brightlight here. I never looked at Barbie as a realistic rendition of what women should be... hell... look at her feet.

 

[Bliss]

Ha! That is funny!

Awww, I loved my Barbie. She was like a Disney princess to me. Her shoes were impossible to keep on, though. I agree!

 

[TooPatient]

Date: 10/21/2009 3:50:42 PM
Author: brightlight

Date: 10/21/2009 3:45:39 PM
Author:kenny
Besides the fashion industry I blame Mattel for training young girls about what body proportions are attractive.

Decades before Photoshop was invented Barbie had impossible body proportions.

I stumbled across this great spoof of Barbie, who must be in her 50s now.
AFAIC the real Barbie dolls are just as sad, shocking and degrading as this pic.
If I had a daughter I''d never buy her a Barbie doll.

I played with Barbies as a kid. I don''t think Barbie affects young girls as much as the media does. I always knew Barbie was fake, but the women on magazine covers were real. (I wasn''t ware of Photoshop at the time.)

I had Barbies too. They were no more real to me than my stuffed pink dragon.

But movies & magazines were REAL people.

 

[brightlight]

Date: 10/21/2009 3:57:25 PM
Author: dragonfly411
I have to agree with brightlight here. I never looked at Barbie as a realistic rendition of what women should be... hell... look at her feet.

LOL! Her shoes never stayed on unless they were open-toe.

 

[dragonfly411]

THEY WERE TINY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[oddoneout]

Great spoof. I had barbies but I didn''t really like them. I would never give them to a daughter.

 

[AprilBaby]

Barbie and I were born the same month. April 1959. I think I may have aged a bit more gracefully!

 

[kenny]

I don't know Aprilbaby.
Barbie's holding her own.

Then again, her pupils are no longer centered in her irises.

 

[radiantquest]

Her measurements had she been a real woman would have been 40-22-32. There was a study done that said that her body would not have had the required "meat" on it to even have a lady cycle.

I only played pool party with barbie in the bathroom sink. Other than that they layed in a naked pile in a box. My mom bought me the house and the car, but I wasn''t interested.

 

[AprilBaby]

Date: 10/21/2009 5:35:11 PM
Author: kenny
I don''t know Aprilbaby.

Barbie''s holding her own.


Then again, her pupils are no longer centered in her irises.

I DEFINITELY look better than her for our age!!!!

 

[VRBeauty]

Barbie was never anything more than a toy to me... I never aspired to have her body. Wardrobe? maybe. Body? never occurred to me.

The magazine ads try to sell you a story: if you achieve this look, you will get this (man, confidence, life... fill in the blank).

With any doll including Barbie, you had to make up the story. Big difference.

 

[MonkeyPie]

I never really liked Barbie, but the one I did have, I noticed her clothes never fit properly around the waist - it either had a funny fold or it poofed out in the back because her waist was too small. It just annoyed me lol.

And omg her stupid shoes! I lost them all within a week cause they refused to stay on. Then I used some of her clothes to dress up my kitten and she was forgotten lol.

 

[redfaerythinker]

For me Barbie was just a toy as well. I never aspired to look like her. The only thing I would have tried to imitate is her glamor. She was always so sophisticated and adult-like. That was what I liked.

 

[february2003bride]

Date: 10/21/2009 3:45:39 PM
Author:kenny
Besides the fashion industry I blame Mattel for training young girls that impossible body proportions are attractive.
Decades before Photoshop was invented Barbie had impossible body proportions.

I stumbled across this spoof of Barbie, who must be in her 50s now.
AFAIC the real Barbie dolls look just as sad, shocking and degrading as this pic.
If I had a daughter I''d never buy her a Barbie doll.

I didn''t know Janice Dickinson had a Barbie made like her!

 

[purselover]

I loved my barbies and I turned out okay, then again I also used to work in the fashion industry

Seriously though Barbie was just a fun toy and I''d have no problem with my son or daughter (if I have one of course) playing with them.

 

[AdiS]

kenny, leave poor Barbie alone, will ya! Do Superman action figures affect young boys'' minds in a negative way, because they grow up thinking they can fly?!

 

[dragonfly411]

Date: 10/22/2009 5:20:54 PM
Author: AdiS
kenny, leave poor Barbie alone, will ya! Do Superman action figures affect young boys'' minds in a negative way, because they grow up thinking they can fly?!

Go look up the song "Cause the Chicks Dig it"... the first part is about a boy with a superman cape jumping from a roof and breaking his arm

 

[Bia]

I loved Barbie but never tried to look like her.

 

[LtlFirecracker]

I actually thought it was better when she had the unrealistic proportions. As a kid I always thought her body looked "funny." I have seen the new ones and they look more like a girl with "ideal proportions." If I were a kid again, I could see myself wanting to look like that vs the old barbie where I never really compared myself to her because she looked so "weird" to me.

ETA: I would watch what you say about not wanting to get popular items for your kids. If you deny them items their friends have it ends up becoming a "forbidden fruit" and they want it more.

 

[Bia]

Date: 10/22/2009 6:32:39 PM
Author: LtlFirecracker
I actually thought it was better when she had the unrealistic proportions. As a kid I always thought her body looked ''funny.'' I have seen the new ones and they look more like a girl with ''ideal proportions.'' If I were a kid again, I could see myself wanting to look like that vs the old barbie where I never really compared myself to her because she looked so ''weird'' to me.

me too!

I always thought she was so busty. She looked so big up top compared to her tiny, tiny waist.

 

[CNOS128]

My favorite Barbie was the one who came with "diamond" jewelry. She had little holes in her ears and one in her hand so you could pop in sparkly earrings and HUGE engagement ring.

 

[Steel]

Great find Kenny!

Those pics gave me a larf

.

I wonder, if I looked like Barbie, I bet I would have that job by now. If I didn''t I could stomp in there with my teeny feet (only one shoe though, where does that other shoe go?) and tower over them with my ginormous bosom until they damn well give me the job...

 

[zoebartlett]

I was never allowed to own Barbies when I was little. Family friends of ours are older than me, but when we were younger, I''d play with Barbies at their house. When our friends grew out of playing with dolls, they tried to give me their box of Barbies. My mom said no. I can''t decide how I feel about them now. On one hand, they''re just dolls, so why make a big deal of it? On the other hand, I can sort of see the opposition to them.

 

[Steel]

LINKY HERE


Above is a novel article by the BBC with a picture of how a woman would look IRL with Barbie''s stats! (Scroll down for the pic)

Interestingly IMHO it is not much different to today''s young so called lollipop starlets in Hollywood.

 

[Haven]

Don''t forget that Barbie is still popular because the masses are *still* buying her. Had people left those dolls on the shelves, they wouldn''t be around today.

 

[AprilBaby]

There actually ARE women who get surgery to try to look like Barbie!

 

[Kelli]

Haha I love that picture! I played with Barbies as a kid. I agree that their proportions are whacked, but I never tried to look as good as my chilhood doll. I''m much more disheartened by the ACTUAL perfect looking people I see. I admire the healthy ones, but I hate how everyone goes to extremes with it. Based on the early nineties, I look GREAT! Then celebrities got smaller and smaller, and now I look like a big old fat @$$ in comparison.