The Barbie doll is a timeless American classic. Also, Barbie serves as a role model to countless young girls in this country, teaching them to be blonde, thin, buxom and helpless. While I am not going to be a big fucking whiner and blame Barbie dolls for making girls anorexic, like a lot of people (read: fat femininists with ugly daughters) but I do think that Barbie is not a good thing for this country.

Remember the huge controversy that arose when the "fat Barbie" came out this Christmas? I for one, never got to see this so-called fat Barbie, but boy did I hear a hell of a lot about her. But the fat Barbie wasn't even really fat, from my understanding. She just had a thicker waist and smaller tits, which is the saddest part of all. While Barbie may be a perverse, sadistic doll, part of her limited charm is her big tits.

What kind of person would want a flat Barbie? What kind of ideal are we teaching our girls to live up to, promoting a pancake-chested Barbie? Anyone can have big tits now, and that is one of the greatest things about America today. Are you fat? Well you can get it all sucked up! No tits, no problem! Supple, large breasts can be your own, with only a little money and some time off for the big day. Shit, I've even heard of people becoming taller through surgery. Plus, let's not forget all the other cosmetic surgery options available to us today, all of which Cher and Michael Jackson have had. Becoming beautiful is now a commodity similar to Nike and Titanic. Now, I personally don't care when people pay to get beautiful, such as it is, but trying to pass it off as nature's work is just wrong. Barbie, as is, could not exist in real life, and it is highly doubtful that she could even exist surgically enhanced. That's pretty tragic. There are enough beautiful, natural women in the world that could be dolls. Tyra Banks would be one that comes to mind. Tyra's beautiful, and she is real!

That makes me think of another thing. Barbie is a white ideal, with only secondary importance given to black women, and other women of color. I understand that the market in America is centered around white, middle-class Americans, but that doesn't excuse Barbie's blatant disregard for black women. Barbie's pop cultural status only proves how backwards this country still is.

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