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Tuesday Afternoon

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Mon Nov 24, 2014, 12:18 PM Nov 2014

More About Barbie and Lammily

They Gave Each Kid A Barbie And A Doll With Real Proportions. What They Say Next Really Says It All.

Barbie's supposed to be the "all-American girl" with the amazing wardrobe, perfect boyfriend, a million careers, and the dream house every girl wants. But when you compare her to the average American woman, things don't quite measure up. So an artist decided to create a doll modeled after the average American teenager, and the results are pretty amazing.

What's wrong with Barbie?
Well, for one thing, her body dimensions are completely unrealistic. For a school project on eating disorders, college student Galia Slayen took Barbie's measurements and created a life-size version that is disturbing to say the least.

Barbie's unnatural body dimensions inspired Nickolay Lamm.
Artist Nickolay Lamm had the idea to create a new doll based on the dimensions of the average American teenager. He hoped that by creating a toy with a more realistic body type, it might help make kids feel better about themselves.
He took his concept for Lammily, the "average" doll, to Kickstarter in March 2014 to crowdfund the idea. The project quickly went viral, raising over $100,000 in just a few days. In November 2014, Nickolay took one of the first finished Lammily dolls to a local elementary school to see what children would think of her in comparison to the traditional Barbie doll.




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More About Barbie and Lammily (Original Post) Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 OP
I bet mercuryblues Nov 2014 #1
Look at her arms. Can she pick up a fork to feed herself? Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #2
she doesn't mercuryblues Nov 2014 #3
Kill it with fire chrisa Nov 2014 #4

mercuryblues

(14,530 posts)
3. she doesn't
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 01:20 PM
Nov 2014

have to. The super small waist and overly huge chest would make her fall face first into her plate of ice cubes. That is all she can eat and have that small of a waist. If that were a real person some ribs would have to of been surgically removed to achieve that waist.

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