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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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Friday, May 20, 2011

How did you feel about Barbie as a kid? Did you like her? Hate her?

"I LOVED her. I also loved these other dolls I had (I think they were called Get Real Girls or Get Real Dolls?) that were all like soccer players or scuba divers. They were really muscular and came in a wider variety of body shapes and races than Barbie did."


-Maureen, 20, Caucasian, gay female from Oregon, USA