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.