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"Barbie's Got A New Body"
Time.com ^
| 2016 Jan. 28
| Eliana Dockterman
Posted on 01/28/2016 3:10:20 PM PST by hawaiianninja
Quote: "MATTEL RELEASES THREE NEW BODY SHAPES FOR THE WORLD'S BEST-SELLING DOLL. INSIDE THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN BARBIE'S 57-YEAR HISTORY--AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT AMERICAN BEAUTY IDEALS"
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: barbie; barbiedoll; mattel
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posted on
01/28/2016 3:29:43 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
("Political correctness is tyranny with manners." -Charlton Heston)
To: hawaiianninja
Fat Barbie. She doesn’t get all the cool stuff. So she eats her stress. And sadness.
To: Vermont Lt
I wonder if she comes with the cats she will live with when she is in her thirties.
To: hawaiianninja
yeah because all young girls dream of having a plump body and struggle with weight their whole lives- this model should be a best seller for mattel-
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posted on
01/28/2016 3:33:46 PM PST
by
Bob434
To: livius
Trailer Trash Barbie
Collect the whole set!
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posted on
01/28/2016 3:33:51 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
To: Bobalu
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posted on
01/28/2016 3:35:03 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
To: hawaiianninja
Lol, and you know these barbies will sit on the shelves because no little girl wants to play with the fat doll.
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posted on
01/28/2016 3:39:31 PM PST
by
chae
(The Lannisters send their regards--Game of Thrones)
To: Bobalu
Don’t laugh....the next version will not only include an anatomically correct Ken, but a Trap Barbie that has marshmallows up above and twig and berries below. Count on it!
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posted on
01/28/2016 3:39:35 PM PST
by
bigbob
("Victorious warriors win first ande then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
To: hawaiianninja
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posted on
01/28/2016 3:42:33 PM PST
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: trisham
When I was a girl in the late 1950s early 1960s Barbie was just a doll. None of my friends wanted to have Barbie’s figure. We just like the outfits and the cool accessories. It wasn’t until feminists came along did young girls and women tortured themselves to look like Barbie.
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posted on
01/28/2016 3:43:54 PM PST
by
LottieDah
(If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
To: hawaiianninja
Somebody could make a fortune by creating the “Normal Doll”
I’m positive someone would complain.
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posted on
01/28/2016 3:46:29 PM PST
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: hawaiianninja
I thought the idea was to increase the number of clothing sets sold. Mattel is already the largest manufacturer of women’s clothing, albeit for millions of women with identical builds who stand 11.5 inches tall.
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posted on
01/28/2016 3:46:42 PM PST
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: LottieDah
Agreed. Little girls like dolls. It’s a simple thing, just as little boys like guns (although as a little girl I did have a red vest with white fringe vest and skirt, holsters and silver six guns with white grips, hat and red cowboy boots. I wanted to be either a cowgirl or an indian when I grew up.
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posted on
01/28/2016 3:50:55 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: JudyinCanada
Curvy...... She’s a porker!
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posted on
01/28/2016 3:53:07 PM PST
by
WellyP
(question!)
To: hawaiianninja
Sometimes it doesn't pay to mess with a proven product.
New style Barbies aren't always a great success.
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posted on
01/28/2016 3:59:31 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
(The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
To: hawaiianninja
36
posted on
01/28/2016 3:59:51 PM PST
by
VRW Conspirator
(American Jobs for American Workers.)
To: Bobalu
37
posted on
01/28/2016 4:00:27 PM PST
by
heights
To: hawaiianninja
Great...Barbie becomes a fat chick.
38
posted on
01/28/2016 4:02:02 PM PST
by
Ouderkirk
(To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
To: Opinionated Blowhard
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posted on
01/28/2016 4:02:58 PM PST
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: TaMoDee
My G.I. Joe killed my sister’s Ken. He was tried for treason, and executed by firecracker.
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posted on
01/28/2016 4:03:30 PM PST
by
Ouderkirk
(To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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