Then I found this.
Real Life Human Barbie
I found this girl while searching the Internet and was utterly amazed and creeped out at the same time. She completely changed her entire image to look like a doll. I must admit that she did a really good job at it but this is almost unbelievable to me. It took me at least four other videos in to accept that she is real. Yes, she has undergone plastic surgery to become this symbol of beauty but is that really what she accomplished? Valeria Lukyanova was beautiful before all the work in my opinion but why is what she is now seen as the more beautiful of the two? Some say that she is so perfect that its fake. Well no kidding, she is emulating a piece of plastic!
It is said that Barbie became so popular because she was the perfect "white"dream girl. It almost goes back to the aryan idea of what is a perfect citizen. The original concept of Barbie actually came from Germany so this idea isn't too far fetched. Even in 1959 when the doll was first produced in the United States parents had issues with the doll's chest. This is crazy. The fiasco of Barbie started over fifty years ago and parents still buy the product?
Do you think that if our toys and media surroundings were different that little girls would not grow up to be insecure in their ways?
Being beautiful should not be what happens after a procedure. After seeing this girl who just so happens to be the same age as me I can see how my wide hips and not flat stomach is beautiful. I may be soft but I know I am real. I believe our imperfections make us just as beautiful as our best features. The female body is beautiful in every category but the need to respect yourself physically, mentally and emotionally is what makes someone beautiful. We are special, I don't remember the last time I saw a man give birth. That is just one of many things that makes us beautiful.
Confidence is the best accessory! How cheesy is that statement but sadly so very true?
The scoreboard is even.
Wow. Those pictures are the perfect example of why the uncanny valley is a thing.
ReplyDeleteI can't help but think what was she really thinking. It is sad that some people think their beauty is determined by what others think.
ReplyDeletei cannot help but look at that picture and freak out. what has she done to herself? That is not natural, no one is ever made to look like a barbie, though that must be why her type of body is so widely wanted by girls everywhere. Beauty is what you make it to be not someone else. i do agree with you, confidence is the best tool to feeling confortable with yourself. I know i don't always lke how i look but i am real and i have the option to do something about it.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that our imperfections are what makes us all beautiful or handsome. Being different is beautiful in my opinion. Also its not just barbie dolls that make women insecure its magazines as well. All you see in magazines is skinny women, never a medium or plus size woman. Personally i feel if a woman just has confidence and loves her self she is beautiful. You don't always have to be a barbie figure to look beautiful, and if you don't believe me just take a survey with a room full of guys. not all guys like skinny woman. me personally i like a woman with love handles or a little weight its perfectly fine!!! Like Cindy said in the comment above CONFIDENCE is the best tool so woman just feel comfortable with yourself because your all beautiful in your own unique way.
ReplyDeleteBeing a guy we get the blunt end of this subject for demanding women look like this and I want to say that it is magazines and tv that want portay the ideal image for women. I don't like a fake girl who more than likely comes with a fake personality. That's just boring to be perfect all the time cause I want to kick my shoes off and have fun and trying to be perfect and fake is never fun.
ReplyDeleteI honestly think that the media and toy surroundings play an extreme role in insecure ways of most of the little girls in this society. If the media was different I do not think this would change much. Confidence is the main thing that is lacking in the society. Everyone wants to look like someone else instead of having the confidence that they are already "NATURALLY" beautiful.
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