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Plus-size, double-chinned Barbie sparking controversial debate
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| December 28, 2013
| Cheryl Carpenter Klimek
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)
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KEYWORDS: barbie; dolls; fatbarbie; feminazis; girls; obesity; rapingmychildhood; toys
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Wow....
She really Moos me to tears...
Thankfully I can outrun her...
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posted on
12/28/2013 8:40:32 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
12/28/2013 8:41:15 AM PST
by
Slyfox
(We want our pre-existing HEALTH INSURANCE back!)
To: Popman
Ken was the first metrosexual. No muscles, no chest hair, no package whatsoever.
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posted on
12/28/2013 8:41:23 AM PST
by
informavoracious
(Root for Obamacare and healthcare.gov failure!)
To: mountn man; central_va
Don’t leave us hangin’, bro!
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posted on
12/28/2013 8:41:51 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Hey, Jack the Ripper, won't you come on over... hook me up to the power lines of your love...)
To: JoeProBono
Like some toxic pink mushroom found in the forest...or a jellyfish.
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posted on
12/28/2013 8:43:56 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Hey, Jack the Ripper, won't you come on over... hook me up to the power lines of your love...)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This thread is even better than the killer squirrels
Freepers are the best
To: Slyfox
Nowadays the tramp stamp would say the name of her girlfriend, “Midge.”
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posted on
12/28/2013 8:45:45 AM PST
by
informavoracious
(Root for Obamacare and healthcare.gov failure!)
To: Slyfox
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posted on
12/28/2013 8:45:51 AM PST
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Double-chinned?" I see at least three chins there.
"While some say more realistic curves would be a better role model for girls"
Those are not curves, they are rolls. A curvy woman has an hourglass figure.
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posted on
12/28/2013 8:46:03 AM PST
by
CatherineofAragon
((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
To: informavoracious
First, there was the vaguely Chuck Norris-esque hairy Biker Ken
And then came metrosexual Yuppie Biker Wannabe "Custom Off The Showroom Floor" Ken with IDKWTF Is Going On With That Look Barbie
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posted on
12/28/2013 8:49:24 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Hey, Jack the Ripper, won't you come on over... hook me up to the power lines of your love...)
To: Slyfox
The tat’s bad but the “INDONESIA” scarification is much worse.
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posted on
12/28/2013 8:50:32 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Hey, Jack the Ripper, won't you come on over... hook me up to the power lines of your love...)
To: CatherineofAragon
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posted on
12/28/2013 8:51:23 AM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(A courageous man finds a way, an ordinary man finds an excuse.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
There is no such Thing as plus sized or bbw! Fat is plain old fat! Be honest people and then lose the weight..and anger which causes the need to overeat.
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posted on
12/28/2013 8:52:47 AM PST
by
fabian
(" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo in laughter")
To: MuttTheHoople
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posted on
12/28/2013 8:55:29 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
To: central_va
-—Why are fat girls and mopeds alike?
Sensitivity filters engaging
Must... Not... Respond...
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Let’s be honest here. That is a Meghan McCain doll.
To: MrEdd
Amazingly that video was better than this one:
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posted on
12/28/2013 8:59:46 AM PST
by
Slyfox
(We want our pre-existing HEALTH INSURANCE back!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: central_va
Maybe they can use Governor Cristie for a model.
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posted on
12/28/2013 9:00:14 AM PST
by
freedomfiter2
(Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
To: Disambiguator
Meghan isn’t fat - daddy told her she was big-boned.
Thank the Lord for that - regular bones would snap like twigs under that much load.
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posted on
12/28/2013 9:02:44 AM PST
by
Bob
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