I had a few Barbies when I was a kid, and I loved them.
I also never compared myself to my dolls. Somehow, I always knew they were "examples" of American women and that I simply knew I would never be like them, which didn't bother me. I must have had an ideal of beauty ingrained in my mind because of them, but I never wanted to model myself on them; I always knew they were just toys.
>>37669I also had this very clear and objective in my mind: my Barbies were characters in my stories.
>>37670I noticed that Barbies are getting uglier and of lower quality with each passing year, I think I was lucky because I got a good phase when I was a child, and I had very pretty Barbies, but now there are much prettier ones than them.