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There has always been a बार्बी backlash; mothers who refused to buy her, women who actively bashed her. Journalist-turned-novelist Anna Quindlen fantasized about driving a “silver lamé stake” through Barbie’s plastic heart; Pulitzer-prize winning novelist Carol Shields कहा Barbie’s expression, with “its dumb shine of self-absorption, its trippingly tartish look of one who is out for all she can get,” is “eerily disturbing.”

बार्बी has been held responsible for eating disorders and charged with offering girls a wholly unrealistic body image. A typical बार्बी doll is 11.5 inches, which, at a 1/6 scale, would make her 5 feet 9 inches tall. Her vital statistics have been estimated at 36 inches (bust), 18 inches (waist) and 33 inches (hips). According to a study द्वारा the विश्वविद्यालय Central Hospital in Helsinki, Finland, she would lack the 17 to 22 percent body fat required for a woman to menstruate. Slumber Party Barbie, who made her debut in 1965, came with a book entitled “How to Lose Weight” — one of its और succinct but pertinent tips was “Don’t Eat.”

Mattel has कहा that Barbie’s waist was originally made so tiny because the waistbands of clothes that she wore, with their seams, snaps, and zippers, added bulk to her figure.

In 1998, Mattel introduced Really Rad Barbie, a doll whose waist was wider and bust smaller, thus reflecting a और “real” female body type.
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(Barbie toys with moving, but she remodels instead)

Move या remodel? That's a सवाल many homeowners face, and बार्बी is no exception. After checking out houses across the country, the iconic doll decided to remodel her three-story घर in Malibu, Calif.

"That's where most of her family and फ्रेंड्स are, so she decided to keep her house but make it और up-to-date," कहा Michelle Chidoni, बार्बी spokeswoman and Mattel Corp. brand manager.
The result is the 2013 Dreamhouse, which hit stores Aug. 27 with a suggested price of $184.99.

In keeping with the lighthearted spirit of Mattel's marketing...
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 The first बार्बी doll was introduced in both blonde and brunette in March 1959.
The first Barbie doll was introduced in both blonde and brunette in March 1959.
Ruth Handler watched her daughter Barbara play with paper dolls, and noticed that she often enjoyed giving them adult roles. At the time, most children's toy गुड़िया were representations of infants. Realizing that there could be a gap in the market, Handler suggested the idea of an adult bodied doll to her husband Elliot, a co-founder of the Mattel toy company. He was unenthusiastic about the idea, as were Mattel's directors.

During a trip to युरोप in 1956 with her children Barbara and Kenneth, Ruth Handler came across a German toy doll called Bild Lilli. The adult figured doll was exactly what...
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