Realistic Barbie
Thanks Lrusso for sharing your opinion.
Real women comes in all shape depending on the type of skeleton we herited from our parents. We simply were not made from the same mold!
Now IMHO, media are labeling all these articles, especially barbie's one, with less negative messages. This will , iMO, decrease eating disorders.
I played with the original barbie, i loved barbie's doll so much that I found it difficult to give up on them!
During few years I had to play with them without my mother around (she though It was high time i gave up and grew up!). I did make my own cloth and dress my barbies. It the best memory i have growing up. To sum up, I am little bit too girly.
Now being from an afro descendant not having a barbie I could relate to, did negatively affect my self esteem. The original barbie just did not represent the majority of women shape. Realistic mean "the majority" At the end of the day there is not a big population of slim ectomorph with slender long legs tiny waist! Certainly not now that food are fully loaded with chemicals, pesticide and on top we are facing processed food consequences!
Nowadays people are getting *offended/irritated* because opinion and perceptions have now changed . It was high time!
My skeleton, my hair, skin complexion did not resemble to the original barbie at all, I feel very comfortable in the body I am in, defined by my skeleton. Thanks to the changes such as
this barbie article and More Latin, hispanics and afro models/celebrity appearance in beauty magasine (Beyonce first appearance in Vogue was broadcast all over the word without actually realising afro models were excluded, because they were not representing the so called "realistic woman").
All above being said, although I was not born resembling the original barbie in any shape or form, I feel a real woman. I have a slight long trunk with a waist, a typical afro arched spine which I would not trade for anything
and yes I have hips and a bottom which requires looking after to keep it firmly compact
It is all good. People are now booking surgical procedure to enhance their bottom so why on earth would i feel un-realistic.
I think we all just need to make the most of what we have in a safe way of course!
All the best everyone,
Hope my statement does stir any controversy
