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They should have outlawed her long ago, I knew the reason why I was over weight had nothing to do with over eating and lack of exercise. It was owning a Barbie when I was five, there was no way I was ever going to be as thin and beautiful as her so I decided that I would be the opposite.

Polititions have this much time on their hands right now with everything else going on?

(did I spell politition correctly?)

Politician

I was fat at five (before I met Barbie), and I already knew fat was bad, by then. Really bad, like the worst thing you could be, bad.

Barbie was my refuge. I was able to be Barbie in my head. All of the cute clothes I couldn't wear, because they didn't make them in the "chubby" or "pretty plus" sizes, I could wear in my imagination via Barbie. My Barbie collection was awesome, and Barbie COULD do anything - to the chagrin of my brother, when I refused to allow Barbie to be rescued by GI Joe from the (stuffed) tiger in the bottom of the pit we dug under the hedge. Instead of waiting for Joe, when Barbie fell into the pit - she wrestled the tiger herself and won (my brother crying "no, no Barbie's a girl, she can't beat a TIGER!)

Lol that's a cute story kaplods!

I had so much fun with my barbies when I was little. I would think they would be more upset about Bratz dolls. Now those are weird looking haha.

At first I thought this had to be from The Onion lol.

Thanks kaplods, I knew it didn't look right.

I was lucky to have brothers too, I much preferred GI Joe to Ken.

The little girls now have Hannah Montana and Britany Spears to emulate, and they are better role models, ha.

I always wanted a Ken, but my Mom wouldn't let me get one. I remember wishing they'd make a GI Joe doll without that aweful scar. And then my brother got a Bullet Man Doll. He was dreamy (when you took off his bullet shaped mask), but the silver arms and legs were a bit difficult to camouflage. Kaptain Kirk, Spock, and Dr. Nimoy were nice (but only 8 inches tall, luckily Barbie didn't mind dating midgets). Finally, my brother got suitable companions for Barbie, in 12" Steve Austin and Oscar Goldman dolls (from the Six Million Dollar Man, tv show).

Uhm... I've been fat since I was born.
And Barbie didn't cause it.
Barbie never made me feel self conscious.
Its a toy. Would it make everyone feel better if they made plus-size barbie?
Probably not. The toy companies just can't win with people.

I agree that we've got a beauty and sex obsessed culture that is influencing kids way too early, but Barbie is a symptom, not a cause. Television shows (even the relatively innocent Hanah Montana), "sexy," revealing or vampy clothes for toddlers (there's even a line of baby booties designed to look like high heeled dress shoes)... Barbie is the least of our troubles.

You'd think they'd want to ban (creepy) child beauty pageants, before Barbie (but I think West Virginia is in the pageant belt, so they could get lynched, suggesting that).

I never had a Barbie. What I had were the bigger than Barbie Wizard of OZ dolls, and the big GI JOE that was the same size. I used to put Joe's fatigues on Glenda cause I liked the green with her red hair and put the pink sparklie dress on Joe.

Um, so I'm fat because I have gender issues?!?!?

I have a soft spot for Barbie. My daughter adores her and I feel good about that because the new Barbie movies they have out are positive and Barbie is a strong, kind character. My daughter is walking around with her sparkly Thumbelina Barbies as we speak. It's the Bratz in their whore clothes I have issues with. I'm not fond of Hannah Montana, either. Lizzie McQuire (they call her "fat", by the way!) was a more positive role model than HM. That girl needs a time out. I'm worried about my daughter hitting her teen years and believing society's mesage that she needs to be a size 0. It's all over the media. Hate that media.

Kaplods, my daughter has a classmate who's mother is pimping her out trying to get her into commercials and making her jump through hoops at competitions of all sorts - she dresses her in skimpy costumes for these and puts makeup on her. For school I have seen her repeatedly dressed like a stripper in a short skirt, stockings that go to her thighs, and chunky heels. I am so worried about this girl being victimized by a pedophile or even later being the first one to whip her top off when the Girlz Gone Wild guys come around with the camara. I totally agree that those creepy extravaganzas ought to be banned and their mothers need serious help.