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Barbie’s Body, In Real Life

Barbie’s Body, In Real Life

I don’t know if you can see this if you’re not logged into Facebook so I’ll copy it here.  Just wanted to give her some photo credit.

“If Barbie was an actual woman, she would be 5’9” tall, have a 39” bust, an 18” waist, 33” hips and a size 3 shoe. Her head would be the same circumference as her waist, meaning she’d have room for only half a liver and a few inches of intestines. The result: chronic diarrhea and death. Also, she would not be able to menstruate. If Barbie was a real woman, she’d have to walk on all fours due to her proportions, her feet are so disproportionately small, her chest would pull her forward onto her toes.

Barbie calls this a “full figure” and likes her weight at 110 lbs. At 5’9” tall and weighing 110 lbs, Barbie would have a BMI of 16.24 and fit the weight criteria for anorexia. Because Barbie’s neck is twice as long as the average human’s, it would be impossible for her to hold up her head.

And yet this is the ‘person’ almost every teenage girl longs to look like.”

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The Colbert Report – Obama’s Birth Control Mandate

The Colbert Report – Obama’s Birth Control Mandate

This is disgusting.

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5 ways we can teach men not to rape

5 ways we can teach men not to rape

“It’s not what can we teach our daughters about protecting themselves. It’s what can we teach our sons.”

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Male voices speak out to end violence against women

Male voices speak out to end violence against women

This is golden.

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NYTimes Effects of Rape

NYTimes Effects of Rape

How can our society ignore the effects of rape and focus only on the fact that these boys get punished? There’s so much more to such is vile act as rape than punishing the offender. How about the victim? It doesn’t just go away after a few years as it does for the offender who eventually gets released from lockup. 

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“Why are you so angry?”

“Why are you so angry?”

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This Is Personal

This Is Personal

After today’s class, I got really riled up because although I didn’t really follow the presidential campaign, I knew I wasn’t about to vote for Romney for the sole reason of his view on women’s reproductive rights. This is a page I found on Facebook that I felt really relates to our discussions from the past two weeks. Hope you enjoy!

https://www.thisispersonal.org/

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http://divined5.wordpress.com/

http://divined5.wordpress.com/