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In fact, the Joan doll is pin-thin, proportioned exactly the same as the Betty Draper doll (see below). We get that Barbie is one-size -- but this would have been the perfect opportunity for her not to be. Christina Hendricks' ridonkulous body breaks the mold -- so why couldn't Mattel have?
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Thursday 11 March
By Sir Russ Harvey
Is there a handicapped barbie?
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Thursday 11 March
By leolux10
And now, I ask myself.....why did I read this FARTICLE???
AOL, I demand my two minutes back.........NOW!!!!!!! smfh
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Thursday 11 March
By mark turner
Well...today's kids are obviously too easily emotionally damaged. No articles about how GI Joe should not have weapons lest he promote a "violent, warlike" image? How 'bout the new action figure for Muslim kids, "Jihad Joe"? (I only included that comment to see how much of a rise I can get from the squishy Liberal crowd. C'mon, let's hear the screams.)
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Thursday 11 March
By Barbara
why is people so focused on Barbie? Come on! Barbie has been blamed on girls not wanting to eat becouse they wanted to be as "skinny" as a DOLL! Parents need to tell the children it is JUST A DOLL.
OKAY people it is just a doll. So what if the body is not disportioned.
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Thursday 11 March
By Barbara
yes there is one. She is in a wheelchair. You might find her on ebay. Or on the net
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Thursday 11 March
By Hi Everyone!
I played with Barbie Dolls in the sixties when women were burning their bras, fighting for equal rights, equal pay and most of all not to be seen just as a mother or as housewife. Most importantly Women wanted to be seen as a person with brains not just boobs. Oddly enough with all that going in the world I with given a Barbie for Christmas when I was six. She had brown hair blue eyes. I had blonde hair and brown eyes. Needless to say I was told it was to play Grown-Up make believe, needless to say I was never taught that this was what a woman should look like. Looking back I was taught beauty comes from the inside of a person that compiled with manners, self-respect, and given confidence is what a girl needs instead of all of these beauty pagnets that make them look older than they are is asking for trouble...instead of spending money spend time with the "girl" in your life. It is a toy to play "Make Believe" My granddaughter has all of the Barbie Princess collection dolls and trust me she does know that playing "princess" is MAKE BELIEVE!
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Thursday 11 March
By Al Schrader
I was on a cruise & I met these two mid-twenties women that had made themselves into living Barbie Dolls. I'm talking the blonde hair, dresses, perfect complection, figures, everything. While I was talking to them they actually mentioned how they had done this purposely. They said they kept having women bitch them out when they even got near their significant others. Personally, I thought they were fantastic. Then again, I'm a man...Al-
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Thursday 11 March
By Karen
I don't care that Barbie is thin. She wouldn't be Barbie if she wasn't. I am 52 years old. From the time that I was born to about age 40, I was thin. I could and would eat anything, and I always stayed thin. Then, when I turned 40, i had to start taking medication that in turn caused me to gain weight very rapidly. So rapidly that I didn't even know how to buy clothes for an overweight person-myself. It has been a very difficult haul for me. I was used to always being thin, respected, and admired. Now I am "obese", treated like I am stupid, and no longer admired. Inside is still the same person. When I am not in front of a mirror, in my mind I am still that thin person. But my point is that size does not define the person, but society on size does. I know what is was like when I was thin to have my curvey friends tease me because I liked to walk every day. I know what it is like to have people treat me adversely because of my obesity. I know I am a beautiful person either way. Would I prefer to be thin? Yes, because I could do so much more physically and, to my shame, because I want to be accepted. I think God allowed me to go through this so that I could understand both sides of the fence. Don't be mean to fat or even thin people. You never know what it's like until you've walked the path.
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Friday 12 March
By russel
Nice)
Mad Mans
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Friday 12 March
By pearl
ok, so you change the shape and size of a barbie doll. then you have to make all new clothes and the consumers have to buy a new wardrobe for the new barbie. I don't know about you, but I don't think so. The last time I checked, the clothes were expensive enough. not ready to donate to the goodwill and start over.
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Friday 12 March
By erdahl
i notice they also did not make the Sally Draper Fat Kid Barbie.
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Monday 15 March
By Whosoever Somebody
Hope the Barbie they have now will stay the same. But I must admit these Mad Men Dolls are cute! But, then again I am a 'Mad Men' fan, I think the show is absolutely GREAT!!!!
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Tuesday 16 March
By M
Yes, it would have been nice for them to make Joan more accurately sized. I think Christina Hendricks is more beautiful with the curves then when she started acting without the curves. And men like curves! So why is it that toy companies and pop culture as a whole can't accept this fact? It took us a while to get a black princess in the Disney movies, maybe it will take another decade to get a curvy Barbie or princess. Only time will tell.
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Tuesday 16 March
By Michaelc
Perhaps some clever person could make some clothes (and maybe stockings) with padding in all the right places to make barbie more Joan like. Her head is already a bit big for real human proportions, so it should work.
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Tuesday 16 March
By Carla and Rory
I'm not mad, but Don Draper certainly should be.
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Friday 03 December
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Friday 10 December
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