David Nezelek
Cibbuano
TyronneBarbie So Much More Than A Doll
January 23rd 2008 00:31
Barbie
As Mattel says, “She's more than a doll.”
Wikiipedia has a nice history of the doll.
so not barbie
And there's the official Mattel Official Barbie Collector Stie
I grew up with Barbie. She was initially dressed in a black and white one piece swimsuit
Barbie Black & White
And, has been duly noted over the decades, I, at least in some part at some stage, tried to be Barbie. (Unlike Pamela Anderson, I did not fully succeed for any length of time
)My daughter received her first, and only, Barbie as a Christmas gift. My younger sister,Mary, and I sat at the dining room table watching Kate manipulate the arms and legs. Mary said, “Do you think we're just born knowing how to play with Barbie?”
Barbie At Night
But Kate soon went back to her mechanics tools, play fixing her older brother's hot wheel, and being a wondrous combination of tomboy and 24 karat girl. To this day it's o.k.by her if a gal makes a living shaking her tailfeathers, or being a physicist. Barbie never grabbed Kate's imagination.
Barbie & The Dallas Cheerleaders
But, other women were a little more active in their refusal of the Barbie indoctrination....
So, of course, there had to be a Barbie Liberation Organization ,
Boys don't play with dolls. They have action figures. Some of those childhood influences are pretty interesting, but that's for another day...
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I was one of those girls who spent hours with Barbie, as did my girlfriends who brought their Barbie's over.
I agree, it's just about letting the imagination go...
But, somehow, in later years, who knows why, Barbie became a kind of image for teen girls (at that time) to develop into -- Hef's influence, ya think?
D.,
I loved the home made & the store bought
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