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mercoledì 3 agosto 2016

“Curvy” Barbie dolls: Why I don’t like them

Is the new Barbie Fashionistas line of dolls nice or not??
Mattel has released some months ago its new Fashionistas line of Barbie dolls and immediately on Tv we heard stuff like “Finally Mattel has created a line of dolls based on normal women” or “These dolls will help little girls realize they don’t need to be extra thin to be beautiful”…. Well, let me tell you what I think about this whole “Barbie is too thin, Barbie is not like a real woman” subject….IT’S A DOLL, FOR FUCK’S SAKE!!! It’s not a woman, it’s not a model you should base your life on, it’s a doll!!! Dolls are meant to make little girls play and dream, let their imagination flow, create all sorts of worlds… they are not made to shape your own life on! Sure when I was a kid I wanted to be like Barbie: blonde, tall, with big tits and blue eyes…. eventually I dyed my hair blond, my tits are OK (and no, I didn’t get fake boobs to look like Barbie, they are my own tits!), if I want to have blue eyes I can get coloured lenses, but there is one thing I will never, ever be, and that’s TALL!!  Well, guess what?? I learned to live with it!! And why blame A DOLL saying it makes little girls ashamed if their bodies are not perfect while on the runaways we have anorexic models that look like skeletons, and everywhere in magazines they keep telling us how much we need to lose weight?? I would say these are the wrong role models, because these are real humans, Barbie is a doll! It’s up to you to explain to your little girl that this is a doll and not all women will look like Barbie (and why’s that?? Again, because it’s a doll!!), and if your daughter grows up and starts asking to have plastic surgery to look like Barbie (like the stupid Russian girl did…) instead of blaming a doll maybe you should question what did you teach her about women’s bodies (also with your own example) and have a good talk with her!

The New Fashionistas line of dolls

Ok, having said this, here is a picture of the new Fashionistas dolls (you can go on www.mattel.com to see more pictures of the single dolls). Would you say these dolls are beautiful?? Do they look like Barbie dolls at all?? In my opinion the answer to both questions is: NO. I am a Barbie Collector, and I don’t see any doll here that I would buy. Frankly, I don’t see any doll I would like to have even if I didn’t have to pay for it. There are curvy dolls, short dolls, tall dolls (how come only the short ones are really curvy anyway?? Isn’t this discrimination against short girls?? Soon someone will say that too..), but beside the shape of their bodies, I look at the dresses and I don’t like them at all…there isn’t a single beautiful dress on these dolls. And their faces?? Plain, no nice make up (is there a crusade against make up too?) and the features are not as detailed as they used to be. Take a look at the Barbie faces in the pictures below, and then take a look at the new dolls…you will see the difference for yourself.





Now compare the faces of these dolls with the new dolls…I think you can clearly see the difference. It’s not just the make up, because if you look at the last doll, she hasn’t got much make up on but her facial features are so much nicer than the new doll’s.


And do we want to talk about these dolls’ dresses??? Come on, what are these, housewives Barbies? Not that there is anything wrong with being an housewive (been there, done that), but even as a kid, when I wanted to buy a new Barbie, it was a lot about the dress she was wearing! I don’t believe in this new line of “Barbie Vet” or “Barbie Doctor”…dolls are made to make little girls dream, in my opinion there is no need to dream to be a Vet, you can do that, so what’s to dream about?? Dream about being  Princess, a Rockstar, an Actress, an Astronaut, a Character from a movie, but please, DREAM!! Dream Big, or don’t bother to dream!
If you want to see some wonderful Collector’s Barbies you can to go http://www.thebarbiecollection.com and you’ll see there what I call THE REAL BARBIE DOLLS!!
The Blonds Blond Gold Barbie Doll By Bill Greening

Haunted Beauty Zombie Bride Barbie Doll By BIll Greening

In my opinion these new Fashionistas dolls are not Barbie. Give them other names, sell them as relatives (like Skipper) or friends of Barbie, but these dolls have nothing to do with the real Barbie. They kinda look like those cheap imitations they sell for a few bucks…this is not a nice thing to say, but as a Barbie fan I feel kinda “betrayed” by the look of these dolls. 
What do you think?? Do you like them???




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