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Barbie Has A New Body

Land whale weight problem? Check
Hair an unnatural color? Check

It will be interesting to see what vocations they assign to the new Barbie.

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Still not representative of the typical American woman... still too thin.

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This new Barbie has a bigger hip and waist to hip is curvier and more hour glass shaped, but the body is too big boned or chubby and legs could be smaller. The hair is unnatural

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That article is hilarious, it talks about how all the kids who play with the new barbie laugh at her size and call her FAT, while the parents are sad about it and hope the kids can see Fat Barbie as normal someday.

“Hello, I’m a fat person, fat, fat, fat,”

A 6-year-old girl giving voice for the first time to curvy Barbie sings in a testing room at Mattel’s headquarters. Her playmates erupt in laughter.

When an adult comes into the room and asks her if she sees a difference between the dolls’ bodies, she modifies her language. “This one’s a little chubbier,” she says. Girls in other sessions are similarly careful about labels. “She’s, well, you know,” says an 8-year-old as she uses her hands to gesture a curvier woman. A shy 7-year-old refuses to say the word fat to describe the doll, instead spelling it out, “F, a, t.”

“I don’t want to hurt her feelings,” she says a little desperately.

As always, Barbie acts as a Rorschach test for the girls who play with her—and the adults who evaluate her. It’s a testament to anti-bullying curriculums in elementary schools that none of the girls would use words like fat in front of an adult, which Barbie’s research team says wasn’t true even three years ago. Still, the girls learning the ways of political correctness do not as wholeheartedly embrace the new dolls as their moms.

“We see it a lot. The adult leaves the room and they undress the curvy Barbie and snicker a little bit,” says Tania Missad, who runs the research team for Mattel’s girls portfolio. “For me, it’s these moments where it just really sets in how important it is we do this. Over time I would love it if a girl wouldn’t snicker and just think of it as another beautiful doll.”

It’s a sign that even kids as young as 6 or 7 are already conditioned for a particular silhouette in their dolls, and it highlights Mattel’s challenge. Mazzocco reflects on her experience with her daughters (two Barbie fans, one not) when she talks about the diversity imperative at the brand. “I do all kinds of things for my kids that they don’t like or understand, from telling them to do their homework to eating their vegetables,” she says. “This is very similar. It’s my responsibility to make sure that they have inclusivity in their lives even if it doesn’t register for them.”

The SJW imperative is in full effect at Mattel, and it's disgusting what has become of that good old American brand Barbie.

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Is Marge Simpson her mother?

Barbie may be bigger, but her eyebrow game is still strong!

Kids don't give a shit, they'll look at this and laugh at Barbie cause she looks like a Candyland Character.

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Have you seen those Barbies from the 1950's? Looked like she could have landed a man, but then again, they were manufactured after WWII when there was a shortage of men and women really needed to put effort into their appearance to land a husband. I would rather have a future daughter play with one of those dolls than the 90's or current version.

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She is missing an arm-sleeve tatoo.

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Why stop there?

Are they planning to launch a seth rogen-esque bearded chubby Ken to accompany the modern barbie?


Or a bald headed tatted ethnic lesbian, so Barbie can experiment in college?

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I actually like curvy Barbie better. WB, even with the blue hair.

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Quote:I actually like curvy Barbie better.

She got some junk in the trunk fo' sho'. They should call her "Freshman 15 Barbie".

I'll concede that the previous Barbie does not represent America anymore... she looks Russian in comparison.

I wonder if there will be a "Faggit Hipster" Ken?

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I'm breathlessly awaiting all the action figures with dad bods who don't even lift that will surely follow in the wake of the new "curvy" Barbie.

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^^^
Of course, "moderate" feminists will SAY they support that too, but as we all know:

Actions > Words

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