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[–] WestEndGirl 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
I had never seen a "naked" Fat Barbie before. The thighs are grotesque... Do Fat Barbie's thighs squeak when they rub together as she "walks"? They didn't make Fat Barbie when I was a kid, but 10/10 I would throw it into the trash too.
Ok, and now for my parenting rant... because I just can't stand bad parenting in general anyway... The dialogue between mother and child here shows a stable, critical thinking child and a psychologically diseased woman. The child, when confronted with the question of why she threw out Fat Barbie, responds with a fantastically supported argument: objective reasons (legs aren't right) with physical proof (no other outfits fit). Basically: why keep this Barbie around if it can't be interchanged with the other Barbies (that's basically the whole point of Barbies anyway: changing the clothes around before visiting Ken at the Barbie Mansion). The mother responds with projecting her own fat ass self onto this inanimate object. I totally get the beauty of metaphors, but the thing is that metaphors are supposed to make one reflect and grow in a deeper understanding. If a metaphor makes one crawl into a deeper hole of denial and simultaneous self-righteousness, then you're dealing with a narcissist. Like this one. Mom then gives the inanimate object "feelings". This is a sure-fire way to create a materialistic human being: endow things with "feelings", and then things (food) get placed on the same plane of importance as people who have actual feelings. The mother proceeds to force the daughter through leading questions/manipulation to clean off Fat Barbie and play with her again. This is an encroachment of what little true autonomy children have. Seemingly no big deal, repeated and intensified acts like this can cause unhealthy "enmeshment" syndromes and personality disorders in kids as they grow into adults. Some people recognize these unhealthy patterns and can break out of them as adults. However, considering how this Ham-mom is showcasing her and her kid's personal lives on the internet for all to applaud, the conditioning is going to be very thick indeed to break through. Good luck to this poor kid.
[–] SleepyCicada 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Wow! Brilliantly written.