Bathtime for Barbies

I have decided to start a new set called 'things that children play with. Barbies seem to have become a social icon, one that has had mixed reviews from differing groups. As replicas of real women they are untenably uptight, rigid, with fixed smiles, narrow hips and waists and long legs. Always with long hair. Nothing real about them, or is there? Why is it then that little girls love playing with them so much? Ruby washes all hers and then they lie in a pile in the bath just like this. On the phone she said to me that she was having problems with her Barbies because their hair was so labour-intensive. "Why not cut it then" I asked. "Because then I don't like to play with them anymore", she replied.

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