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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sometimes a doll is just a doll.

Barbie was a very fun toy to play with.  I loved her outfits and I had the cutest Barbie house and furniture.  It really wasn’t more meaningful than that.[/quote]

Sorry. I think you’re on the wrong website. This one is full of angst, and people that insist on finding the deepest possible meaning on things that are seemingly innocuous.  You’re looking for the website with normal people. [/quote] Makes you wonder about the people who come up with this stuff. Any insecurities I had came from f’ed up adults, not inanimate objects.[/quote]

This!

In the linked Hulu documentary they show Gloria Steinem lamenting/pontificating about how the problem with Barbie is that we shouldn’t judge women by their looks/what’s on the outside and instead should judge people by what’s on the inside.

Um, sure…but Barbie is a *toy doll* not a real person.

I think we can sort people into two groups:

People who detest Barbie = generally negative, glass is half empty types

People who think Barbie is a toy that doesn’t actually wield any power over human beings, societal norms, the patriarchy, etc. = generally positive, glass is half full types

Fun vs wah wah wah mopey dopey [/quote]

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