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)
Good post.
I’m thinking Lolo Jones at 5-9, 160.
So do some of the World’s Strongest Man competitors.
Is that Niki Minaj? I wondered what she was up to since being kicked off American Idol.
They should have put her in a burka to hide the visual polution!
Absolutely, there is a middle ground. But when I was a kid, we never gave a thought to Barbie's size; I think, even at a young age, we had the sense to understand she was a TOY.
Curvy = fat
plus size = hugely fat
Pleasantly plump = gigantically fat
BBW = disgustingly massively fat
I am sick of this PC nonsense.
They want a FAT barbie to make fat women feel like it’s fine to be fat. Well it ain’t. It’s not attractive and it’s not healthy. if you need proof of this just look at the hideous Michelle Obama dolls. They aren’t fat even though Michelle Obama is fat because no one, not even liberals, wants to look at big fat people.
“Why are fat girls and mopeds alike?”
No one wants to look at them
No one wants to ride them
No one aspires to have one of their own when they’re kids
But some times you’re stuck with them because that’s the best you could do.
Oh, I’m plenty strong, if disabled. Remember, I lift over 300lbs when I get up from a chair or roll out of bed. LOL
Nuff said :)
Both are fun to ride but you never want your friends catch you on one.
I love men who say “well I never would date a big girl” blah, blah, blah.
‘come out with their own plus-size doll? ‘
It could be the Kim Kardashian doll.
‘come out with their own plus-size doll? ‘
It could be the Kim Kardashian doll.
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