New Site

In my desperate struggle to diversify this project, I have turned to other blogging sites. While The Barbie Interviews home site is currently on Tumblr, this is now another space for people to read other folk's Barbie memories and to reminisce on their own childhood.

Basically, this site asks the question "How did you play with Barbie?" and uses these anecdotes to explore how our culture, societal structures and gender roles influenced our childhood games. Quite often these responses are very telling of our society's values and biases. I've been surprised by how quickly children--in particular, young women--come to understand these institutions, albeit subconsciously, and that this is often reflected in how they play with Mattel's iconic doll. While Barbie may represent society's unrealistic expectations for women, she is often seen very differently through the eyes of a child.

I hope that many new and interested people find this project now that it's available on blogger! I look forward to hearing how you played with Barbies.