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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.



Showing posts with label handicapped. Show all posts
Showing posts with label handicapped. Show all posts

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Did you ever play with imperfect dolls?

"I had one Barbie with a missing hand, and a few with heads that had a tendency to pop off. The heads we either ignored or turned into a morbid running joke. The one with the hand was just disabled, but was treated the same as any other Barbie, except she never picked anything up with that hand."


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

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Did you ever play with imperfect dolls?

"Yes! I had several dolls that had been messed up. I made them handicapped, or just ignored it and kept playing. To me, they were still beautiful, just worn."


-Denise, 14, Caucasian, pansexual female from the USA