Barbie Didn’t Ruin My Body Image— Bitch Taught Me the Finality of Decapitation
👑 The scene: Let’s set the record straight: Barbie didn’t give me a complex about my waist-to-hip ratio. A response to a trending Meme.
Barbie gave me, and I wonder if others, something much darker, much more formative—Barbie taught me that once that head pops off, there’s no going back.
Forget body image. Let’s talk about Barbie trauma.
One minute she’s twirling around in a sequined cocktail dress (at 10 a.m., naturally), the next, your brother has yanked her head clean off, and you’re staring into the cold, plastic socket of loss.
You try to fix it. You try shoving it back on with the stubborn force only a furious child can summon. It never fits the same – END OF STORY. Her neck is too long, her head wobbles like she’s perpetually confused, nothing will be the same.
This was my first experience with irreversible consequences.
Barbie didn’t teach me to hate my body. She taught me:
👡Trust is fragile (especially if Ken, ok- Love- is involved).
👙Tan lines are forever, but neck joints are not.
✂️ You should never leave a sister, or my brother, alone with scissors, especially if she’s “giving Barbie bangs.”
And yes, maybe she did have impossibly long, thin legs, but didn’t most marketable ladies in the ’80s – our older selves now understand the amphetamine and cocaine usage of that decade.
Let’s save that discussion for another night.
Back to Babs – the real message was this: Barbie could be anything—astronaut, surgeon, dolphin trainer—and she did it all with a wardrobe that fit in a tiny pink suitcase. But once that head popped off , she was done. No ER visit, no resurrection.
Done. Finished. 💀 Kaput. Finito.
So no, I don’t blame Barbie for body issues.
I blame her for my intense fear of commitment, breakage, and futile attempts at trying to repair things that are obviously broken.
Thanks for the life lessons, B.
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