Meet the Doll That's Proportioned Like a Real Woman, and Comes With 'Imperfection' Stickers

She’s just like the iconic Barbie, but normal.

The Lammily doll has the proportions of an average 19-year-old woman’s body, based on data from the CDC—unlike the Barbie doll, whose proportions will never be replicated by any actual human. But not only does the Lammily doll, created by 26-year-old Nickolay Lamm, have a normal waistline—she also comes with a sticker extension pack, in case you want to add moles or body scars or even cellulite.

It started as an art project, but interest grew for a “normal Barbie,” and now the Lammily doll is available for purchase.

“I wanted to show that reality is cool,” Lamm tells Time magazine. “A lot of toys make kids go into fantasy, but why don’t they show real life is cool? It’s not perfect, but it’s really all we have. And that’s awesome.”

To illustrate his point, he created a video transforming a Lammily doll into a Barbie doll via Photoshop—a clever play off videos we’ve seen dating all the way back to Dove’s “Evolution.”

Critics will surely point out that while Lamm is about reality and inclusion, the doll is only available as a white brunette. But Lamm has raised half a million dollars via crowdfunding, so hopefully we’ll see more dolls available, cellulite and all.



Entrepreneur Barbie Is on LinkedIn, and She's Already Way More Connected Than You

The newest high-profile member on LinkedIn probably isn’t going to write you a recommendation or endorse you for your propensity for tweeting any time soon. Probably because she’s plastic and can’t form sentences.

That totally sounds like insult, but that’s true. Entrepreneur Barbie has joined the career networking site. Her latest status is “My new business is ‘Dream Incubator’ where I act as a consultant, helping girls around the world play out their imagination, try on different careers, and explore the world around them. Our company tagline is ‘If you Can Dream It, You Can Be it!’ “

I dreamed I was a dinosaur. Never mind.

Entrepreneur Barbie comes with a tablet (tech savvy!), a smartphone, a briefcase (so business-y!), a pink dress (…) and a high ponytail. Reviews of Entrepreneur Barbie have been mixed. Jennifer Fleiss, co-founder of Rent the Runway—an ingenious service that lets you wear a Badgley Mischka gown and then return it—says on the Barbie site: “She is my idea of a go-getter girl and has encouraged me to believe that women can have it all: a career, a family and a great wardrobe.”

Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, told TechCrunch: “You can’t be what you cannot see. Having positive role models for dolls that are inspiring young girls to be entrepreneurs is exactly what we need to inspire a generation of young women to start running businesses.”

On the other hand, Salon calls her “a misfire attempt at inspiring girls.” Forbes says it’s an “affront to little girls.” And 16-year-old former TED speaker Adora Svitak believes she “encourages an unrealistic expectation of beauty grounded in narrow ideals—whiteness, thinness, a lack of hair and an abundance of breast tissue—instead of kindness, smarts, self-confidence or athleticism.”

Barbie’s LinkedIn resume is looking awfully impressive, and her profile boasts over 2,500 followers. I’ll keep my fingers crossed in hopes that her face will pop up on my profile in that creepy-cool “Who’s Viewed Your Profile” feature.

Via Digiday.



Mattel Experiment Tries to Show That Barbie Isn't as Evil as You Think

If you asked a group of women over 25 to name some toys they played with as kids, Barbie would certainly come up. Less so now if you asked a group of girls under 10. The iconic toy has long been a volatile topic in the toy industry, especially in the context of girls and body image. But now, Mattel is trying to control more of that conversation with The Barbie Project, an initiative that wonders: What happens if we just let kids play with Barbies?

Mattel clearly wants to make the point that parents are seriously overthinking Barbie. At the very top of the Barbie Project’s “About” page, text reads: “No other doll has sparked as much conversation as Barbie. But maybe kids don’t see Barbie the way adults do?”

The brand got two documentarians and a play specialist to go into people’s homes and actually film kids playing with their Barbies. “No scripts. No rehearsals. Just real kids, real parents, telling their stories,” says Mattel.

The two-minute launch video is fun to watch. There’s less hair/makeup/boyfriends than you’d expect, and more superheroes/gymnasts/veterinarians. I particularly enjoyed the little girl who beatboxed while Barbie broke down some hot moves.

Of course, documentaries are never truly unbiased, and I’m wondering if they’ll include clips of girls undressing Barbie and bewilderedly examining her anatomy. However, the Barbie Project experiment is being carried out on multiple platforms—Tumblr, YouTube and eight different mom blogs—so it’ll be interesting to follow the frank discussion surrounding the toy whose hair I once lovingly butchered with a pair of Fiskars.



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Mattel Experiment Tries to Show That Barbie Isn’t as Evil as You Think

If you asked a group of women over 25 to name some toys they played with as kids, Barbie would certainly come up. Less so now if you asked a group of girls under 10. The iconic toy has long been a volatile topic in the toy industry, especially in the context of girls and body image. But now, Mattel is trying to control more of that conversation with The Barbie Project, an initiative that wonders: What happens if we just let kids play with Barbies?

Mattel clearly wants to make the point that parents are seriously overthinking Barbie. At the very top of the Barbie Project's "About" page, text reads: "No other doll has sparked as much conversation as Barbie. But maybe kids don't see Barbie the way adults do?"

The brand got two documentarians and a play specialist to go into people's homes and actually film kids playing with their Barbies. "No scripts. No rehearsals. Just real kids, real parents, telling their stories," says Mattel.

The two-minute launch video is fun to watch. There's less hair/makeup/boyfriends than you'd expect, and more superheroes/gymnasts/veterinarians. I particularly enjoyed the little girl who beatboxed while Barbie broke down some hot moves.

Of course, documentaries are never truly unbiased, and I'm wondering if they'll include clips of girls undressing Barbie and bewilderedly examining her anatomy. However, the Barbie Project experiment is being carried out on multiple platforms—Tumblr, YouTube and eight different mom blogs—so it'll be interesting to follow the frank discussion surrounding the toy whose hair I once lovingly butchered with a pair of Fiskars.




Barbie’s Life Is a Lot Less Perfect in British Artist’s Disturbing Photographs

Meet Domestic Abuse Barbie, a doll that will not be modeling for Sports Illustrated or appearing in toy stores anytime soon.

Sam Humphreys, an artist out of the U.K., has transformed the iconic doll for her photo series called "What If?" The images, some of which could be seen as raising awareness of domestic violence (though the artist says they're "by no means intended to be used as an educational tool"), are based on a theoretical question: “What if we were to teach our children at an early age about the harsh realities that face some?”

On her website, Humphreys says the series is not for children, but she is demonstrating that life for some isn't as perfect as Barbie's life suggests. While some images depict Barbie with black eyes and a bloodied mouth, the series also "explores insecurity, loneliness, illness and addiction."

This Barbie needs to set up a playdate with Teen Mommy Darci.

More images below. Via PSFK.


    



IKEA mostra que na vida real não vivemos na casa da Barbie

A agência Mother London entrega mais um filme incrível para a Ikea. Depois de “Cats“, “Playin’ with my Friends“, “Make Room for your Life” e “Make More of your Garden“, eles acabaram de lançar “Make Small Spaces Big, um filme quase bizarro – quase engraçado – quase dramático, mas adorável.

A campanha é inspirada no fato de que os britânicos vivem em espaços 15% menores que o resto da Europa.

No enredo eles entram na imaginação de uma menina brincando com sua “casinha de bonecas”, um verdadeiro conjunto habitacional que está longe da casa dos sonhos da Barbie. A história mostra a vida de uma mãe solteira, que acorda com o cabelo desarrumado, joga ping pong na mesa de jantar, lava roupas, deixa o filho com a avó e sai para se divertir, e por que não curtir uma ressaca? Uma realidade muito mais próxima dos dias de hoje, especialmente dos consumidores da Ikea, que não andam por aí de Corvette Pink.

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Durante o vídeo, é possível ver como os móveis da Ikea podem transformar um apartamento pequeno em uma casa maior e mais bonita.

A excelente produção transforma atores reais em bonecos plásticos e a trilha sonora de Aretha Franklin com “One Room Paradise” sugere criar um paraíso em um quarto com o homem que ama. No contexto da mãe solteira que vive apenas com o filho, a mensagem é matadora!

Palmas pra Mother, que mais uma vez vai contando histórias interessantíssimas para a Ikea, num mundo onde não vivemos mais o sonho da vida perfeita da Barbie. Só senti falta de um take com a mãe se trocando e mostrando aqueles seios da Barbie, sem os polêmicos mamilos 😛

Assista acima, em HD e tela cheia, por favor.

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Infographic: Is a Barbie Body Possible?

Four out of five 10-year-olds say that they're afraid of being fat; 42 percent of girls in first through third grade wish they were thinner; half of girls aged 9 or 10 claim that they feel better about themselves when they're dieting. Rehabs.com has some real-beauty sketches of its own—and they're pretty depressing. Now, the site is putting weight obsession in context by looking at how real women stack up against the world's most notable doll—Barbie. Check out the infographic below to see just how removed from reality the Mattel doll is. As Rehabs.com notes, according to data from the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders, the average woman would have to grow 2 feet taller, extend her neck length by 3.2 inches, gain 5 inches in chest size, and lose 6 inches in waist circumference to look like Barbie. That's going to hurt a bit. Another shocking, historical tidbit from the site: Mattel's Slumber Party Barbie, released in the 1960s, came with a scale permanently stuck at 110 pounds, and a small book titled "How to Lose Weight," whose only advice inside was "Don't eat!"

Via Co.Create.

    

Fine Art by Barbie

En reprenant des œuvres mondialement connues et en remplaçant les personnes représentées par des poupées Barbie, Jocelyn Grivaud a voulu commémorer le 50ème anniversaire de la poupée Mattel. Un détournement placant la Barbie comme icône dans notre société.



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