Comments for Starved for attention: Weighing in on the life-size Barbie debate. at http://www.dollsmagazine.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.dollsmagazine.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:42:06 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.dollsmagazine.com/articles/in-the-spotlight/515-starved-for-attention-weighing-in-on-the-life-size-barbie-debate.html#comment-3295 Barbie to blame for anorexia? Maybe for plastic surgery, but not anorexia. I look at Pamela Anderson and I see Barbie. Pam is not underfed! I don't think this is a real correlation. - Madeline Curry Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:20:40 +0100 http://www.dollsmagazine.com/articles/in-the-spotlight/515-starved-for-attention-weighing-in-on-the-life-size-barbie-debate.html#comment-3259 Hi Stephanie, great article and I totally agree! I grew up with Barbie dolls, like around 60 of them hehe, back in a time when we didn't have a zillion doll choices, so she was pretty influential, and I have never in the least had an issue with eating! I probably have been more happy to be who I am and strive to be more and do more and follow my dreams, probably through Barbies role model! I certainly learnt to play and imagine through these dolls. I think society now is just way too involved in the why's and wherefores, where are the days when we just got on with things without thinking about every detail and blaming everyone but ourselves. Ah well, I love Barbie, and I do think that life size model seems out of whack. The shoulders and head proportions? Surely if you enlarged a Barbie doll she would not look like that. Ah dear, people do take thing to the extreme don't they! - Sarah Medina Sun, 24 Apr 2011 06:16:25 +0100 http://www.dollsmagazine.com/articles/in-the-spotlight/515-starved-for-attention-weighing-in-on-the-life-size-barbie-debate.html#comment-3229 I will join you in biting the heads off bunnies this Easter. It's about time we all stick together as women. We shouldn't be ashamed of our bodies, and we certainly shouldn't measure ourselves against a doll. Grow up, people! A doll is a toy--she's not setting anybody's policy or pulling the strings on us. We are supposed to manipulate her. What a sad commentary on womanhood. - Bette Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:13:36 +0100