Pop-Culture | Posted by Julie Z on 05/7/2011
Saturday Vids: Life Size Barbie
I remember hearing the truth about Barbie when I was in Middle School. I have no idea what the context was, but I remember feeling shocked at the fact that if Barbie were real, she’d have a 39-inch bust, an 18-inch waist and 33-inch hips. Of course, it’s hard to convert those measurements directly to a mental image, but it’s safe to assume that it’s pretty unattainable.
But “easy enough” to imagine wasn’t good enough for college student Galia Slayen. In honor of Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Galia recently decided to create a real, life size Barbie, based on these measurements. Watch her tell her story in this week’s Saturday Vid:
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Marie B @ at 8:25 pm, May 7th, 2011
6th grade history w/ mr. desmond
Blaming Barbie? | Thrice Illegitimate @ at 11:02 pm, May 7th, 2011
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samuel @ at 8:11 pm, May 8th, 2011
To be fair, I don’t think the ‘life sized’ barbie is scaled up correctly.
Renee @ at 7:32 pm, May 26th, 2011
I still believe that barbie is a doll and it does not instill low self esteem…i was a black child with kinky hair who loved barbies and brats I loved that barbie had so many outfits and I loved the fact that bratz had sft hair and easily changeable shoes..but despite the fact that I played with them I still found my mother beautiful my self beautiful and myfriends (all shapes sizes and colors) beautiful
Blaming Barbie « Miss Dissent @ at 6:16 pm, August 19th, 2011
[...] (I found this video through an awesome blog that you should definitely check out: http://thefbomb.org/2011/05/saturday-vids-life-size-barbie/ ) [...]