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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.



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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Did you ever wish to look like Barbie?

"Not really, if anything I wanted to have bright red hair like my Ariel doll, but to me all the Barbies were the same and there was no reason I'd want to be like them."

-Helen, 21, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Essex, England

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Was there any particular Barbie you asked for specifically?

"Teen Skipper, because she came with green hair mascara and I liked the idea of giving them wacky coloured hair. Also, Ariel dolls/Ginger Spice doll or any one really that was different - I liked the ones that didn't fit in with all the hundreds of other blonde Barbie dolls. More often than not, I did get these dolls."

-Helen, 21, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Essex, England