Fun stuff to examine. I am riveted by the modern Barbie saga (well, maybe not "riveted", but still interested). I grew up thinking Barbies were dumb, and then when I became a teenager (late 80s/early 90s), I saw the idealized form of the iconic doll as being among the most disgusting things in society. Yet there are Gen X women today who say that Barbies meant freedom and feminism to them. It's such a weird mishmash.
Certainly. On a biological sense, one might explain perhaps some interest in wider hips and some body fat, and during most of our post-agricultural existence, we've valued body fat highly (starving was not conductive to reproduction), so perhaps that would explain trends during the medieval period... but the ultra-thin look is purely a social invention, at least as far as I can tell.
No wonder most women are basket cases trying to figure out what’s healthy, what size is good, how to be more beautiful, how to be less fat or thin, what clothes will help one look better, etc., etc., etc., ad nauseam.
One wonders what was in the stuff...
I’m sure it must have been healthy
Fun stuff to examine. I am riveted by the modern Barbie saga (well, maybe not "riveted", but still interested). I grew up thinking Barbies were dumb, and then when I became a teenager (late 80s/early 90s), I saw the idealized form of the iconic doll as being among the most disgusting things in society. Yet there are Gen X women today who say that Barbies meant freedom and feminism to them. It's such a weird mishmash.
Lots to project on to Barbie. I’m also startled by how idealized shape see-sawed from thin to curvy. All speaks to objectifying women.
Certainly. On a biological sense, one might explain perhaps some interest in wider hips and some body fat, and during most of our post-agricultural existence, we've valued body fat highly (starving was not conductive to reproduction), so perhaps that would explain trends during the medieval period... but the ultra-thin look is purely a social invention, at least as far as I can tell.
I discovered the secret to fast, easy weight gain in the '70s. Apparently I could've made a fortune if I'd been born a few decades earlier.
The munchies are not a secret
No wonder most women are basket cases trying to figure out what’s healthy, what size is good, how to be more beautiful, how to be less fat or thin, what clothes will help one look better, etc., etc., etc., ad nauseam.
I just saw Barbie with my wife. When all the Kens said in unison "I'll show you." I apologized to her