Is marketing a "Plus Size Barbie" a "good" thing?

[April]

Marilyn was a size 16. That is considered obese by todays standards of stick women.

Yes she was, and that is a proven fact.

Let's not forget her in my fave MM flick 'some like it hot'...

Wait...are those tummy rolls???^^^

 

[Iceman]

Marilyn was a size 16. That is considered obese by todays standards of stick women.

Wrong.

Even in the picture you posted(where she was her heaviest, she was a size 12). Most of her career she was a size 4.

Marilyn Monroe real dress size, measurements, weight? really size 16?

 

[Iceman]

Lookin' kind of thick in the hips and thighs here to me, babe...rather juicy, don'tcha think?

Babe? What? LOL

You prove my point there, she isn't obese or overweight like the women you posted.

What overweight women?

All the the women posted are overweight.

 

[Iceman]

Look ladies, just hit the gym, improve yourselves, and stop trying to convince others to change their perception of beauty.

 

[BlackSand]

Pfft ... Screw Fat Barbie, Skinny Barbie and Marilyn Monroe ... They all suck!

 

[April]

Look ladies, just hit the gym, improve yourselves, and stop trying to convince others to change their perception of beauty.

Maybe you should do the same, Pot.

 

[Gracie]

Pot is right. Bet he has a pot belly, bad skin, knobby knees. Or....he is a chunky boy himself.

 

[Iceman]

Look ladies, just hit the gym, improve yourselves, and stop trying to convince others to change their perception of beauty.

Maybe you should do the same, Pot.

You can be fat, I don't care. I am just telling you, most people don't find it beautiful, so stop trying to convince people it is.

 

[Jughead]

Is marketing a "Plus Size Barbie" a "good" thing?

If there is a market for them, sure why not.

 

[Coyote]

Marilyn was a size 16. That is considered obese by todays standards of stick women.

Yes she was, and that is a proven fact.

Let's not forget her in my fave MM flick 'some like it hot'...

Wait...are those tummy rolls???^^^

Marilyn was a W.O.M.A.N.

Twiggy was a manniquin.

 

[April]

Look ladies, just hit the gym, improve yourselves, and stop trying to convince others to change their perception of beauty.

Maybe you should do the same, Pot.

You can be fat, I don't care. I am just telling you, most people don't find it beautiful, so stop trying to convince people it is.

I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything...and I am sure the hell not trying to convince others here that being overweight or obese is 'ok'...the OP is about OBESE vs. ANOREXIC Barbie...one extreme against the other.
If you will take the time to actually READ and COMPREHEND the replies to the OP you will see where it is I stand on this issue.

 

[Iceman]

Maybe you should do the same, Pot.

You can be fat, I don't care. I am just telling you, most people don't find it beautiful, so stop trying to convince people it is.

I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything...and I am sure the hell not trying to convince others here that being overweight or obese is 'ok'...the OP is about OBESE vs. ANOREXIC Barbie...one extreme against the other.
If you will take the time to actually READ and COMPREHEND the replies to the OP you will see where it is I stand on this issue.

Barbie isn't anorexic, she is a doll.


If people don't like her, they won't buy her, if there are buyers for obese barbies or overweight/average barbies, the doll will be created. The market will decide.

 

[Gracie]

Don't waste your breath, Angel. This guy is a fruitloop.

 

[Iceman]

Don't waste your breath, Angel. This guy is a fruitloop.

Coming from the woman who doesn't talk to her own, well, I won't go there.

 

[Gracie]

Don't waste your breath, Angel. This guy is a fruitloop.

Coming from the woman who doesn't talk to her own, well, I won't go there.

I suggest you not go there. I didn't mention my son for you to use it as a supposed weapon, asswipe.

 

[Iceman]

Don't waste your breath, Angel. This guy is a fruitloop.

Coming from the woman who doesn't talk to her own, well, I won't go there.

I suggest you not go there. I didn't mention my son for you to use it as a supposed weapon, asswipe.

Then don't bring it up, lol.

Thanks for finishing my point for me though.

 

[Gracie]

I was discussing my own situation concerning bigotry and how it affects everyone. YOU chose to take what I said and use it as some kind of twisted weapon because YOU can't read very well and what you do read, you don't understand.

Cease. And we will let the mods handle it if you put my family back in your diseased mouth. He chose his path. But he IS my son and I won't have you uttering his existance in your filthy mouth. Got it?

 

[Coyote]

No one is saying you can't embrace anorexics Iceman.

Let those who want real women have them, ok?

To each his own.

 

[Coyote]

No family attacks guys - so, before we get to that point - stop and think.

 

[April]

You can be fat, I don't care. I am just telling you, most people don't find it beautiful, so stop trying to convince people it is.

I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything...and I am sure the hell not trying to convince others here that being overweight or obese is 'ok'...the OP is about OBESE vs. ANOREXIC Barbie...one extreme against the other.
If you will take the time to actually READ and COMPREHEND the replies to the OP you will see where it is I stand on this issue.

Barbie isn't anorexic, she is a doll.


If people don't like her, they won't buy her, if there are buyers for obese barbies or overweight/average barbies, the doll will be created. The market will decide.

The Barbie Doll for years has been a "role model" for young girls...what this is about is Anorexic looking Barbie vs. Obese looking Barbie and should it be ok to market the Obese looking doll if it's ok to continue to market the anorexic looking doll..
In my opinion BOTH dolls are wrong in the make of their body type...period.
Sadly, we all know that the Barbie doll will continue to live on as the piece of plastic that she is...either way.