Barbie

Non-traditional Barbie.

As far as I’m concerned, Barbie got so many categories ranging at a variety of costumes as well as different looking (like the outfits of different races\nationality) It was always considered that Barbie should be young and beautiful as it stands for the culture which always emphasize individual’s excellence pretty much in every material field. It’s often Fancy cloths, gorgeous looking, attractive body shape and etc. It’s understandable that the “fat Barbie” was categorized as a non-traditional Barbie because obesity was usually considered as the opposite of beauty and excellence. From my point of view, the overweight Barbie does not imply obesity is standing for beauty or encourage people to gain weight. It looks more like something ironic if we take it negatively—the Barbie doesn’t have the same nice face as the traditional. And it was made in to the unbeautiful side of “obesity”. Probably the one who designed hadn’t even tried to make it beautiful. However, if it was taken positively and since Barbie always stands for the “good” sorts of lifestyles, making obsessed Barbie could also means that the mass culture is accepting the overweight group or people as part of ‘beautiful’ and ‘fancy’ lifestyle. As something presents our value and being role model of children, obsessed Barbie showed that the mass culture has been accepting a wider range of elements like the beauty of the overweighed people. It could be really helpful if it’s taken into good use.