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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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21 posted on 01/28/2016 3:29:43 PM PST by RandallFlagg ("Political correctness is tyranny with manners." -Charlton Heston)
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To: hawaiianninja

Fat Barbie. She doesn’t get all the cool stuff. So she eats her stress. And sadness.


22 posted on 01/28/2016 3:31:11 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

I wonder if she comes with the cats she will live with when she is in her thirties.


23 posted on 01/28/2016 3:33:37 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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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-


24 posted on 01/28/2016 3:33:46 PM PST by Bob434
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To: livius
Trailer Trash Barbie


Collect the whole set!


25 posted on 01/28/2016 3:33:51 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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26 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)
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To: hawaiianninja

Lol, and you know these barbies will sit on the shelves because no little girl wants to play with the fat doll.


27 posted on 01/28/2016 3:39:31 PM PST by chae (The Lannisters send their regards--Game of Thrones)
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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!


28 posted on 01/28/2016 3:39:35 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first ande then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: hawaiianninja

Muffin-top Barbie.


29 posted on 01/28/2016 3:42:33 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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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.


30 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.)
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To: hawaiianninja

Somebody could make a fortune by creating the “Normal Doll”

I’m positive someone would complain.


31 posted on 01/28/2016 3:46:29 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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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.


32 posted on 01/28/2016 3:46:42 PM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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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.


33 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.)
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To: JudyinCanada

Curvy...... She’s a porker!


34 posted on 01/28/2016 3:53:07 PM PST by WellyP (question!)
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To: hawaiianninja

Sometimes it doesn't pay to mess with a proven product.

New style Barbies aren't always a great success.


35 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)
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36 posted on 01/28/2016 3:59:51 PM PST by VRW Conspirator (American Jobs for American Workers.)
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To: Bobalu

That’s funny stuff !


37 posted on 01/28/2016 4:00:27 PM PST by heights
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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)
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39 posted on 01/28/2016 4:02:58 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: TaMoDee

My G.I. Joe killed my sister’s Ken. He was tried for treason, and executed by firecracker.


40 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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