MisterHippity

Judging from this photo — which accompanies this (overlong and remarkably uncritical) New York Times piece on Mattel’s upcoming “Mad Men Barbie” collection — Joan has undergone a fairly major body-proportion overhaul at the hands of Mattel’s doll designers.

It’s nice to see that Mattel is looking out for young girls’ best interests by turning Joan into a more-appropriate body-image role model before marketing her as a plaything, huh?

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2. deliriumdecadence reblogged this from fakefuckery and added:

   this makes me sad cuz Christina Hendricks and I are about the same size

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   I don’t watch Mad Men, but JESUS CHRIST WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO CHRISTINA HENDRICKS?!?!?!

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    i have to agree with embraceyourbody. i do think it was less censoring and more unwillingness to create a new model to...

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    GETTHISOFFMYCOMPUTERSCREEN

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    I’m having a SUPER hard time with this because Joan/Christina has one of the most beautiful bodies I have ever seen in...

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    Agreed. I find Curvaceous Joan to be a lot more attractive than Coat-hanger Joan, hands-down. (And it isn’t just the...

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    I’d bet money that a proportionately-correct Joan doll would be gobs more successful. That doll doesn’t have one iota of...

28. novazembla reblogged this from politicalpartygirl and added:

    I don’t know that they particularly decided Joan’s figure needed censoring; I think it’s more that they couldn’t be...

29. smackadelic reblogged this from politicalpartygirl and added:

    yes, the joan doll needs a lot more padding, as do all barbies that have been produced since it’s inception.

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    liposuction Barbie! We wouldn’t want our children playing with anatomically proportioned dolls, now, would we? Gotta set...

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