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The Barbie Interviews Project intends to start a discussion about how gender roles and societal structures are taught to children through user-submitted anecdotes about Mattel's iconic doll.



Sunday, May 8, 2011

Did you ever wish to look like Barbie?

"I never thought of Barbie as something I wanted to look like. I was envious of her pretty dresses, but it never occurred to me to want to look like her. The bad haircut was my sister and me trying to make a Barbie look more like us."


-Kathryn, 19, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Milwaukee, WI, USA

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