Posted on 12/28/2013 8:20:33 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A controversy is brewing over a request to remake Barbie in way contrary to the iconic image so many girls knew growing up.
Plus-Size-Modeling.com is suggesting Mattel create a plus-size Barbie. While some say more realistic curves would be a better role model for girls, others say an overly large Barbie would be an unhealthy example.
Plus Size Modeling conducted a poll on its Facebook page on Dec. 18 asking, “Should toy companies start making Plus Sized Barbie dolls?” In just under two weeks, a picture of the poll has received over 40,000 likes, 5,000 comments and 2,700 shares.
“Sure, but Barbie doesn’t need a double chin,” one comment said. “You can be ‘plus size’ w/o the double chin. They could make a ‘thick’ Barbie.”
“Portraying Barbie as a realistic woman with real curves is a very good idea and would send the right message to young girls about self-esteem,” another comment said. “Making a morbidly obese Barbie is BAD!!”
Then there’s this opinion:
“Okay I honestly don’t think how a Barbie looks affects a child’s self-esteem. When I was little I didn’t wanna look like Barbie. Lol. I didn’t think about my looks at all I just wanted to play…”
Watch the report on the controversy via WRIC:
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
They’re both fun to ride but you wouldn’t want your friends to see you on one?
LOL
RINO Presidential contender.... Chrispie Cream Ken....
They can make it, but no one will buy it
Easy.
Fun to ride but you don't want your friends to see you on one.
Baby-got-back, Barbie....
So, they got tired of making Whore Barbie and moved on to fat Barbie... At least it’s better than militant lesbian liberal democrat Barbie.
Biggest Loser Barbie. Ice cream sold separately.
The controversy will become more interesting when people realize the fat Barbie costs more or less.
“Fat Bottomed Girls”
Oh you gonna take me home tonight
Oh down beside that red fire light
Oh you gonna let it all hang out
Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round
Hey I was just a skinny lad
Never knew no good from bad
But I knew love before I left my nursery
Left alone with big fat Fanny
She was such a naughty nanny
Heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me
I’ve been singing with my band
Across the water, across the land
I’ve seen every blue eyed floozy on the way (hey)
But their beauty and their style
Went kind of smooth after a while
Take me to them naughty ladies every time
Oh, won’t you take me home tonight?
Oh, down beside your red fire light
Oh, and you give it all you got
Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round
Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round
No one would buy that because all those militant lesbian democrats secretly wish they were Little Susie Homemaker but they can't admit it.
It is sickening how being over weight is the boot of all jokes these days.
I weigh 340lbs.
I weigh 340lbs.
Is there anything in today’s America that will NOT “spark a controversy”?
We are lost as a nation
Well,
Oprah can say all white people need to just die... no controversy
An MSNBC host can say loving Jesus is homoerotic.... no controversy
Leftists can say almost anything and it’s okay....
Exactly. And if the present Barbie were life-size she'd be 6 feet tall, weigh 100 pounds, have an 18" waist and be unable to menstruate...or walk. Surely there's some point between that and obesity, like maybe an athletic Barbie.
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