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

"Almost never. Sometimes I had Barbie and Ken couples, but the relationships were usually platonic. I had some Kelly dolls, so sometimes my Barbies were aunts or babysitters."


-Deborah, 21, Caucasian, pansexual female from the USA 

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

"Not very often. They were mostly all friend scenarios because I didn't have but maybe one or two Skipper or Kelly dolls. Also because I didn't have very many Ken dolls, most of my family scenarios were just mother/daughter."


-Eva, 20, Caucasian, heterosexual female from South Carolina, USA 

Did you ever play with imperfect dolls?

"[I] specifically liked the damaged ones. if a leg was broken or something [I] would but a tissue and tape cast on it and make it fit with the story, me and my cousin would fight over the kelly with the broken leg"

-Sara, 18, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Long Island, NY, USA

Did you ever wish to look like Barbie?

"[I] didn't want to look like barbie, but [I] had a freckled kelly doll with a reddish-brown hair that [I] envied as a child"

-Sara, 18, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Long Island, NY, USA