So our lovely state has a legislator who has nothing else on his plate to deal with, and all the time in the world to plot how to screw up little girls' playtime. Not like there is an economic crisis, companies shutting down down all over the state, including a major aluminum manufacturer right here in my own part of the state. But this twit's priority is to outlaw the Barbie doll in this state.....
Oh please.
Yes Barbie is not realistically shaped anything like a real woman. Never has been. Not at any point in the last 50 years of its existence. It's a doll. Get over it. It's a toy. How many other kids toys have you seen that are completely based on reality? Anybody watch cartoons in the last 15 years and see the merchandise from them? Please.
Barbie is damaging to little girls self esteems and gives them a false body image to live up to....that's the "logic" behind this attack on an American icon. Get a grip...What is more damaging----and I speak as the parent of a 7 yr old girl who loves her barbies----is the constant barrage of super skinny people touting all kinds of diet systems because apparently unless you are a size 2 or less, you are horrible and disgusting and fat and sloppy and lazy.......
Bullshit.......
Sorry, but when I had to have a talk with my daughter at the age of 5 to talk about the fact that she is not even close to being fat.....something is wrong with this society's priorities.....I personally do not give a rat's rear end for most of the crap coming from Hollywood and Madison Avenue ad agencies......but I do care deeply about the damage their images can cause in a growing child. And Shellie did not get this from her barbie dolls, but from watching the commercials that are played in between segments of KIDS SHOWS!!!!!!! What the heck do we need a Nutrisystem commercial during Hannah Montana or Spongebob?
Not to mention the numbers of parents who place their kids on diets to keep them from getting "fat", when actually feeding them once in a while would make them look a little healthier. Now I have nothing against eating healthier---Lord knows we all could benefit from that---now if I can just bring myself to do so when I go to the store later----but when you have grade schoolers who cannot touch a french fry because Mommy said they would get fat if they did, well......do I really need to publish my thoughts?
I know the pitfalls of being overweight....I have been for years, and have a couple of health problems I could associate with it----my blood pressure and my weakening leg joints for a couple.I am working on it. And very slowly it is coming off, according to the scale, if not my clothes. But I don't walk around wishing I was shaped like Barbie, nor do I deny myself a cookie if I want one. Nor do I tell my kids they are too fat or too skinny....I try to give them a positive self image and if any fingers ever get pointed, believe me, they get pointed back at myself by me.
Parents need to quit focusing on the superficiality of the Barbie issue and the shallowness of what one looks like, and focus on keeping their kids healthy, both physically and mentally and emotionally, instead of scarring them because they do not live up to an impossible ideal.
And stupid legislators need to get off their rears and focus on what is really wrong that needs dealt with instead of finding yet another way to make themselves, and this state, look foolish...
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