Why is it that we turn on Barbie? Once our beloved companion, our Barbie games sometimes turn to a darker side. For years we enjoyed brushing Barbie’s long blonde hair – until one day we grab the scissors and hack it all off. After all, why wouldn’t a fashionista want a Mohawk?
Some scientists ran out of important things to study and actually researched why girls turn on Barbie. They decided that torturing Barbie, cutting her hair, scorning her and doing all those other things we do in a weak moment are actually a rite of passage. Barbie apparently represents idealism and childhood, and we can’t grow up until we take away some of the innocence.
Whatever.
That may be true for some, but I personally just think that after awhile all that blonde perfection gets a bit annoying. Everyone likes to try out a new look, so why shouldn’t Barbie? Surely she wouldn’t mind a short fashionable ‘do for the summer, and she’s over eighteen, so why not opt for a pretty tattoo?
I like to think that these kinds of Barbie games are more about Barbie growing up than me growing up. After all, who wants to look the same for forty years?
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