Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Adios Barbie

This site was very cute and catchy and user-friendly, I found myself wanting to know everything about it.
As I looked through the site I found a lot of very useful things, great stories (The ten reason we like Tyra Banks, being one of them). I think that it is great to find women within the media to look up to, but I fear that even though they may be great role models for women dealing with body issues, I still see it not reaching everyone. For instance there was a game-zone within the site, which was a very different aspect to looking at body weight, but I fear that the game they had shown really plays a huge-role in horizontal hostility, that we as women can tend to show more often then not. The game was called, "Feed the Models", and it was an inactive game in which the user can feed the model to gain points and make her gain more wieght. I do not agree with having a game like this on a site, dealing with issues of self-esteem and body weight, this may be a step in the right direction, but can diffenently have its negative effects.
Great site though and a positive outlook for tons of women, would recommend anyone to go and enjoy the site, and I will :)

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