Comments on: Fifty is the New… Barbie!

By: Freddie

Freddie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:00:52 +0000

Barbie never made me gay, gender confused, or less masculine. Barbie was girlfriend and wife for my GI Joe. i always new that it was a toy of fantasy and not reality. It was not as beautiful as a real female. My wife looked nothing like her but was more beautiful. Barbie is aq beautiful toy and a great thing to collect.

By: Rhea

Rhea — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:33:56 +0000

Does she still have high-heeled-shaped feet?

By: Jeff S

Jeff S — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:50:02 +0000

As a father, I hated Barbie…….I was up until 5am one Christmas Eve trying to put together that stupid Dream House. 3 floors, and elevator! Sheesh!!! I have never had a worse nightmare. So many parts….so few instructions! Hopefully she lives in a Condo now, so Dads of this generation will have it a little easier.

By: a biagi

a biagi — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:03:57 +0000

i have great memories of playing with all kinds of barbies. i had 3 older sisters, so by the time i came along to “barbie playing age”, there were a ton of them and all their clothes, cars, kens, skippers, etc. i thought she was beautiful but i never once longed to be her. luckily, my self-image never stemmed from my dolls. the magazines, however are a whole ‘nother evil! lordy – those things can warp the mind. happy birthday barbie – strike a pose girl!

By: mellimel

mellimel — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:29:21 +0000

I loved her. Had the very one in the picture above. Cut her hair, dressed her endlessly. Had Ken and Skipper too. Was just wishing I’d kept her. Had her well into adulthood. But my house was equal image opportunity. I had Poor Pitiful Pearl, Raggedy Ann and tons of Troll dolls. No over identification with any of them. But I also loved my brother’s Matchbox car collection so there you go.

By: Pink Heels

Pink Heels — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:41:58 +0000

My sisters and I used to have regular Barbie beheadings. Yes, it is a little barbaric for a group of four petite sisters but we hated Barbie. We would execute her Marie Antoinette style. It is amazing that I turned out ok as an adult! LOL

By: Lori Oliver-Tierney

Lori Oliver-Tierney — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:29:07 +0000

O.K. her goes, I loved Barbie, she represented the love and affection my mom poured into sewing by hand all of the clothes for Barbie that she could never afford to buy me as a single mom. I was the luckiest of girls as my mom thought I was every bit as beautiful as Barbie and helped me to believe I was too. In reality the people who called me a lolipop were probably more accurate in their description of me. I still have Barbies teeny tiny incredibly tortorous high heels, pointy sunglasses and all the little books with her outfits in them we could never afford. I even had 4 or 5 of her “real” outfits but I tell you nothing beats the beautiful prom dress my mom made out of her own best dress. I will never be Barbie and don’t even want to but I still loved the places she went with me in my imagination.