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[quote=Anonymous]You know what Barbie has done? She has evolved. She's been living in the world since the 1959 and she has been representative of the experience of some women in every decade since. Of course many variations on Barbie have been regressive, feminist Barbie wouldn't have survived for 60 years. But Barbie, like the generations of women who lived these 60 years, has changed as she's gone along. Like her, don't like her, whatever, but she's been a barometer for societal change, and she has been a feminist icon as much as a feminist target as a result. Anyone who wants to reduce her to one thing is really silly, it is a toy that has managed to survive time of incredibly rapid and intense social change by learning and adapting to the world changing around her (or I should say, Mattel has done that, quite masterfully and most assuredly with a closer eye on profits than the wellbeing of young girls). Barbie is a conversation starter, whether people like it or not. [/quote]
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