Barbie

4th February, 1959 : Today was the first day of the invention of the Barbie Doll. This doll was created by Ruth Handler, who was one of the founders of the Mattel Company. Barbie was named after Ruth’s daughter.

My mother never let me have a Barbie doll. I'm not sure why. She bought a larger fashion doll and commissioned a neighbor to make a beautiful wardrobe for her. I played with it right up until my teens.

 I have a pinterest site where I have collected all the dolls I would like to have entitled "I never had a Barbie but I would want one like this".

I never had a Barbie....

I don't know why my Mom had a thing against Barbie but I never had a Barbie doll growing up. She bought me a different larger fashion doll then commissioned a local woman to sew a wonderful wardrobe for her. I played with that doll for years.

I have a pinterest board "I never had a Barbie but I would want one like this". It is an extremely popular board! This sorta mystifies me but I have been infiltrating it with feminist links. I figure that if they are scrolling through Barbie outfits, maybe they will check out one of the political links.

I find the Republican war on women truly horrible. I hope American women wake up to the fact that their birth control privileges are being SHUT DOWN!! How can you have a life if you can't have any control over when or if you want to have children?

Most recent creepy laws:  http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/03/13/1714551/frc-premarital-sex-punish/?mobile=nc

But that is my opinion. If you just like Barbie, well...enjoy!

More fun than a Barbie doll

I spent one afternoon dressing Robin, my grand-daughter, in my heritage costumes and taking photos of her. We had great fun.