http://mamavision.com/2009/08/12/hey-barbies-shut-your-yapper/ Love me or hate me I'm going to be here. Wed, 16 May 2012 04:46:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mamavision.com/2009/08/12/hey-barbies-shut-your-yapper/#comment-13164 aileb Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:57:05 +0000 http://mamavision.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/hey-barbies-shut-your-yapper/#comment-13164 Second hand Cabbage Patches and Rainbow Brites, that's what all the Mexican girls played with in my neighborhood. I could cuddle the cabbage patch and pretend she was my baby because my parents were migrant workers and tilted the land she came from. The Rainbow Brite was colorful like me and she kicked butt-beat that Barbie! The Barbie just layed there helpless. She had everthing and nothing left to prove. I use to wrap my index finger and thumb around her tiny waist. She was not like me. I always threw her across the room, let my brother shoot her down with his toy soldiers and she was always on the receiving end of my anger. Even after all the rough housing, my mom would always make her beautiful again. My eyes did a double take and my fists clenched. I moved to an all-white school when I was a teenager and I was surrounded by a sea of Barbies-look-alikes. No color; just varying degrees of perfection. I was in her world now and I would never measure up. I couldn't change the color of my skin, jump up in social status but I remembered how her tiny waist could wrapped around my index finger and thumb. And so it began.. The Barbie look-alikes in my world never told me to shut my yapper. They looked at me in awe because I could switch back from English and Spanish mid-sentence. They loved to hear me roll my R's and thought it was cute that I said "ay" instead of "ouch" when I hurt. I don't know why I told Barbie to shut her yapper so many years ago. Or why I never gave her a chance. I guess I am making up for it now. So what's on your mind Barbie? There is so much that's wrong with this world. Come on, and give us your take. I'll spin it around and blame it on our genes and totally dismiss the media influences. You won't back down and I'll pull out the "Mental Disorder" card. The other bloggers I visit, are so polite and everyone agrees with each other, It's a sea a Barbies. Plastered smiles and thank-you for your "view". MV, I hope this whole thing isn't going to discourage you from writing. This was the first blog I read that was against pro-ana. It's been 2 months and 18 days since I've started recovery :) Second hand Cabbage Patches and Rainbow Brites, that’s what all the Mexican girls played with in my neighborhood.
I could cuddle the cabbage patch and pretend she was my baby because my parents were migrant workers and tilted the land she came from.
The Rainbow Brite was colorful like me and she kicked butt-beat that Barbie!
The Barbie just layed there helpless. She had everthing and nothing left to prove.
I use to wrap my index finger and thumb around her tiny waist. She was not like me.
I always threw her across the room, let my brother shoot her down with his toy soldiers and
she was always on the receiving end of my anger.
Even after all the rough housing, my mom would always make her beautiful again.
My eyes did a double take and my fists clenched.
I moved to an all-white school when I was a teenager and I was surrounded by a sea of Barbies-look-alikes. No color; just varying degrees of perfection.
I was in her world now and I would never measure up.
I couldn’t change the color of my skin, jump up in social status but I remembered how her tiny waist could wrapped around my index finger and thumb.
And so it began..
The Barbie look-alikes in my world never told me to shut my yapper.
They looked at me in awe because I could switch back from English and Spanish mid-sentence.
They loved to hear me roll my R’s and thought it was cute that I said “ay” instead of “ouch”
when I hurt.
I don’t know why I told Barbie to shut her yapper so many years ago.
Or why I never gave her a chance.
I guess I am making up for it now. So what’s on your mind Barbie?
There is so much that’s wrong with this world. Come on, and give us your take.
I’ll spin it around and blame it on our genes and totally dismiss the media influences.
You won’t back down and I’ll pull out the “Mental Disorder” card.
The other bloggers I visit, are so polite and everyone agrees with each other, It’s a sea a Barbies. Plastered smiles and thank-you for your “view”.
MV,
I hope this whole thing isn’t going to discourage you from writing.
This was the first blog I read that was against pro-ana.
It’s been 2 months and 18 days since I’ve started recovery

]]> http://mamavision.com/2009/08/12/hey-barbies-shut-your-yapper/#comment-13163 JG Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:04:05 +0000 http://mamavision.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/hey-barbies-shut-your-yapper/#comment-13163 I am late to the party here, but have read all of the posts in question and really feel that MamaV (whose heart is CLEARLY in the right place -- IMHO, this is quite obvious) is being crucified unfairly. She made a post which she intended to be sarcastic (I found this rather obvious when I read it) and it was taken the wrong way by nearly everyone. She apologized, now let's all move on. I happen to like the WATRD site, even if it's still having growing pains. I am late to the party here, but have read all of the posts in question and really feel that MamaV (whose heart is CLEARLY in the right place — IMHO, this is quite obvious) is being crucified unfairly. She made a post which she intended to be sarcastic (I found this rather obvious when I read it) and it was taken the wrong way by nearly everyone. She apologized, now let’s all move on. I happen to like the WATRD site, even if it’s still having growing pains.

]]> http://mamavision.com/2009/08/12/hey-barbies-shut-your-yapper/#comment-13162 twistedSISTER Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:25:00 +0000 http://mamavision.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/hey-barbies-shut-your-yapper/#comment-13162 hummmmm, ok I shall keep writing! thinking, thinking, thinking........... hummmmm, ok I shall keep writing! thinking, thinking, thinking………..

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