Barbie torture movement

It's official! Barbie dolls become 'hate' figure - BBC News

"Barbie dolls are sometimes "tortured" by youngsters - who even confess to placing the toy in the microwave.Researchers at Bath university found many girls aged seven to 11 subjected dolls to "maiming and decapitation".
"When we asked the groups of junior school children about Barbie, the doll provoked rejection, hatred and violence," said Dr Agnes Nairn."

This comes as delightful validation to most of us. Marketers are shocked and mystified. How could Barbie provoke such violence? Barbie is... a physical monstrosity so engineered to perpetuate Western fetish fantasy that it is a literal impossibility; the icon of mascara, big blonde hair, pointy boobies, high heels and complete lack of muscular development; the talisman of cosmetic and fashion industries burned into our collective unconsciousness.

Shove off, marketers! It is only in tuning out such messages of how we should be that we can begin to find out who we really are.

Know thyself.




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