Posted on 07/04/2013 5:53:50 PM PDT by rickmichaels
How many girls dream of looking like Barbie when they grow up – only to realize it’s physically impossible?
Estimates of what a woman would look like if she had Barbie’s measurements rack up – so to speak – at about 39”-20”-33″. She would be 6 to 7 feet tall and only weigh about 100 to 108 pounds.
Photographer and artist Nickolay Lamm aimed to answer this question recently by creating 3D images of a Barbie doll with a “real-life”. Lamm used CDC measurements for the average American 19-year-old female in creating his doll – she has a 33.6-inch waist and weighs 150 pounds.
I adored Barbie as much as the next middle class white kid, but after gazing at Lamm’s doll for a minute, it was the archetype that looked strange.
These images exemplify the bizarre and fictitious ideals girls and boys grow up with. I’m not even sure what Mattel’s motivation is in keeping Barbie’s crazy measurements – wouldn’t a more realistic version sell just as well? We’re not even getting into the cultural and racial diversity Barbie lacks.
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I told her if she had taken away my G.I Joes and gave me Barbies I would surely be hanging curtains for a living now !
LOLOLOL!!!
Pro-abortion Barbie: Wendy Davis
(h/t A. Wilcow)
Some grown straight men do want Barbie... so what?..
OMG I had never heard of him, but he couldn’t be any gayer!
I completely forgot to mention, when we adopted from China, the hotel gave us a Barbie holding a Chines baby in it’s arms. We managed to get two. My daughter played with one and we kept the other in the box in pristine condition. I wonder how many gay guys still have their obviously gay Ken doll?
For trivia buffs......what is the last name of Barbie? Bonus points for her middle name.
If you called her "Lard Ass Barbie" it would save her from moslem slavery.
Last name= Doll?
they are lying if they say they’re straight.
look it up on wiki.....there is a whole history there even the last name for Ken
Certainly the new Michelle Obama Fat Ass Chow Down on Paula Deen’s Fried Food while Policing the Meals of Others Barbie will sell just as well!
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I thought that one must be "Divorced Barbie"...
She comes with all of Ken's stuff...
Paging...
well, the ubiquitous question...
If Laz hit that, I would be suspicious of his manhood. “Shirley” he wants more meat on dem bones.
Haven’t seen Laz around lately, but maybe he is just plum tuckered out, from all that hittin’ he has been doin’.
Also, seem to be spelling impaired - can’t figure out how to spell his moniker properly so he gets it sent to him. If you know how - ping him, pretty please, and thanks in advance.
“It can happen - with enough plastic surgery and anorexia (Valeria Lukyanova).”
In what other country can a poor black kid become a rich white girl?
Michael
couldn’t remember how to spell your moniker! You are in our thoughts as we discuss the attributes of “Barbie”, and are badly in need of your opinion/input!
OMG. Where the heck did that come from!!!!
Laz has offered up a couple of really good essays the past few days. click on his name for his ‘in forum’ list and go read the essays. It might change your opinion of Lazamataz ... type in his name under ‘posters’ in the upper right search box on the mainpage.
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