What kind of Barbie accessories did you own?

"My accessories were mostly clothes and a few tid bits of other things, a lot of my stuff was third party or hand made. My favourite Barbie accessories were the phones, laptops, spy equipment, game boys, etc. When we played pokemon or some secrete agent spy game, we used these electronic equipment however we pleased."


-Sarah, 20, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Boston, MA, USA 

Did you ever wish to look like Barbie?

"No, that was never an issue to me. I still have a hard time believing that people want to be the models in magazines or they wanted to be barbie. In my house, we weren't taught that looks get you far. We never owned a weight scale, weight was never an issue. My parents looked after our individuality, something I think we also gained through playing various tales and adventures with our dolls."


-Sarah, 20, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Boston, USA

Was there any particular Barbie you asked for specifically?

"The only doll I remember asking for specifically was the Slumber party Janet. I didn't get slumber party Janet, but I did get Skateboard Janet. I liked Slumber part Janet because it came with a Tigger slumber set."


-Sarah, 20, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Boston, MA, USA 

How often did you play with your Barbies in family scenarios?

"There was probably at least one family with a 'married' mother, father, children. At that time, I was familiar with divorce, single parents, and single parents with boyfriends/girlfriends. The only type of family I didn't really do was gay, since I was unfamiliar with that yet, and step families."


-Sarah, 20, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Boston, MA, USA 

Did you have Ken dolls? How did male dolls act in relation to your female dolls?

"I never owned a Ken doll, but my brother had GI type dolls. I would steal them from him so that I could use them. Often times, I would dress the girls up in the military gear that they had. For the most part, I believe they had all equal roles. My parents have an equal partnership of cleaning up, taking care of us, and cooking at the time so I believe that rubbed off on us. Depending on the game, however, if it was something to do with fighting, the male dolls always lost in a physical fight."


-Sarah, 20, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Boston, MA, USA 

Did you ever play with imperfect dolls?

"I never played with imperfect dolls because I took extremely good care of my dolls. The only time I had an issue with that is when a friend of mine, out of jealousy, chewed the feet off of one of my dolls. I swapped our matching dolls (besides the feet) so that I had the one with the good feet."


-Sarah, 20, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Boston, MA, USA