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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 movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts

Friday, February 10, 2012

Has playing with Barbies as a child affected who you are today?

"Watching the Barbie movies is a fond memory I will always have and influenced me to start dancing." 

- Lenore, 17, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Australia

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Has playing with Barbies as a child affected who you are today?

"[Y]es, because [the Barbie movie] A Fashion Fairytale  inspired me to design and make me believe in myself"

-Lorrie, 11, female from Japan 

Monday, May 30, 2011

How did your parents feel about Barbie?

"They let me do what I wanted. I liked making movies with my barbies, usually involving one of them being a princess, and my parents would sometimes watch."


-Helena, 15, Persian, heterosexual female from Toronto, Canada