Tuesday, November 15, 2005
"Bar-bie-is-m"
1. A catch all phrase covering any idea that promotes and expresses the hypocritical, anorexically image driven, super-model obsessed nature of popular female youth culture in America. 2. A flippant remark characteristic of said ideas (ie. "Like Barbie, you totally look fat in that mini-skirt, hurry up and change so we can go get McFlurries at Micky D's!").
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wonder what brought this on
Now that is a good question (though I guess you didn't technically word your comment as a question) and I wish I could give you an exact reason/trigger event/catalyst as an answer (if you were even looking for one), but I can't. Honestly, it reflects thoughts that often go through my mind concerning the ridiculous self-defeating nature of popular imaging and my frustration with dealing with the side effects of such nonsense. I am simply tired of seeing good people I care about tortured by things that are completely crass, materialistic and, in the broader scheme of things, totally meaningless. People should be happy with who they are not miserable because they can't match themselves to who Victoria's Secret says they should be.
While I agree with your sentiments I think they are some what unrealistic, as just the other day I was having a conversation with a friend about whether or not I should get my hair cut, and I was complaining about it being absolutely awful. He meanwhile said I should not be so superficial. However, this was just after he went on about how someon was so incredibly amazing and gorgeous, who definitely fit that stereotype. Such attraction and gushing about someone who fits the stereotypes negates anything said about superficiality.
You raise an unfortunately very accurate observation concerning the majority of the male sex. I suppose all one can do is grow to be more self-aware and limit one's hypocritical statements and strive to eliminate internalized double-standards for women. I know that I personally make an effort to do this constantly, but still am guilty of falling short of the ideal (I can remember some comments last night while at a bar with a friend that would be a perfect example of this). We can only try our best I suppose, and though we may not always reach the ideal we should always strive for it. And by the way, if you would like another male view on this topic try out Fugazi's song "Suggestion". I promise you won't be disappointed.
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