justwidle:

valkiriaofterokkar:

Finally someone said it.

I use this debate every time that I’d hear people complain about Barbie and her body shape and it’s effects on girl. I never understood why people made a big deal out of it, it was just a doll - why would we blame a doll for unreal body expectations who could be any thing she wanted. A doll is a doll, not reality. I’d blame media and their UNREALISTIC expectations for us, before I’d blame a doll.

Stop Barbie Shaming.

I always felt this way, too.  I never looked at Barbie and said, “Why can’t I look like you?”  If anything, I used Barbie to be creative.  I would create stories with my Barbies and act them out.  Any kind of story I wanted.  From normal, “Home from a long day at work,” to, “I have special abilities I can control fire,” stories.  Frankly, she helped me be creative before I ever picked up a pencil and started writing.