""DOesn't she look pretty? everyone said."
(Barbie Doll)
I for one love Barbie. She embodies a certain aspect of my beliefs, that of which women can do anything while still being great mothers and wives. However, it has been scientifically proven that if Barbie was flesh and blood, her chest and hips are too big that her waist (too small) would collapse. This is what the poem is about. There is irony because one always assumes Barbie is a great example, something all girls should shoot to be. However, she is an unattainable goal, and only through death via malnutrition can one be just like her. I think the poem is showing the idiocy of eating disorders.
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