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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/18/09

    In reply to But Are Ballet Slippers & Blake Incarcerated Included?
    Forget that. Where is the Lady GaGa Barbie? #amywinehousebarbie
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    Image of BytheSea BytheSea
    11/18/09

    In reply to But Are Ballet Slippers & Blake Incarcerated Included?
    I think it'll be like that Ken doll with the covert gay following. She looks like a drag queen, I'm saying. Waylon Smithers will own five signed dolls. #amywinehousebarbie
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    Image of LazyHippo LazyHippo
    11/17/09

    In reply to But Are Ballet Slippers & Blake Incarcerated Included?
    At least parents wouldn't have to worry about shelling out for a co-branded rehab center. #amywinehousebarbie
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    Image of Cogito Ergo Bibo Cogito Ergo Bibo
    11/17/09

    In reply to But Are Ballet Slippers & Blake Incarcerated Included?
    Wow. Not enough that dolls set an unreasonable standard for realistic body image. Now they come with an unrealistically high expecation for hardcore 24/7 partying too? How could little Sally even hope to measure up? #amywinehousebarbie
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    Image of rd2uk rd2uk
    11/17/09

    In reply to But Are Ballet Slippers & Blake Incarcerated Included?
    whose buying this stuff? seriously, i want to know which parent wants to buy their kid an amy winehouse doll, barbie or otherwise? #amywinehousebarbie
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    Image of PortraitHat PortraitHat
    11/17/09

    @rd2uk: I would buy it. For me, though, not for a child. #amywinehousebarbie
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    Image of rd2uk rd2uk
    11/17/09

    @PortraitHat: fair enough, I just associate barbie dolls with kids, but I can see why adults would want to buy them for themselves #amywinehousebarbie
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    Image of SomeAuthorGirl SomeAuthorGirl
    11/17/09

    @rd2uk: Me. :) #amywinehousebarbie
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    Image of coconanas coconanas
    11/17/09

    In reply to But Are Ballet Slippers & Blake Incarcerated Included?
    Amy Barbie comes with aluminium foil and pipe for that quick crack fix, a rum bottle for when she's partying on the beach and ciggies for when she's chillin in the city. #amywinehousebarbie
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    Image of bitingfairy bitingfairy
    11/17/09

    @coconanas: I hope it also comes with a baggie of rock candy and/or powdered sugar so little Sally can play along!
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    Image of CurtCole CurtCole
    11/17/09

    In reply to But Are Ballet Slippers & Blake Incarcerated Included?
    They tried to make me go to the beach house, I said, "No, No, NO!" #amywinehousebarbie
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    Image of WestMantooth WestMantooth
    11/17/09

    In reply to But Are Ballet Slippers & Blake Incarcerated Included?
    Just don't invite Doctor Barbie and her syringes over a "party." #amywinehousebarbie
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    Image of SouthernGal98 SouthernGal98
    11/12/09

    In reply to High Glitz: Exploring Child Pageants Through A Feminist Lens
    I can't speak with any authority to high glitz child pageants - they didn't really exist when I was a kid. However, I can say from experience that some of the essayists defending child pageants are right on target. When I was three, I begged my mother to let me participate in a local cute kid contest, which she begrudgingly did. I was hooked. I did hundreds of pageants during my childhood and loved every minute of dressing up, meeting new people and performing onstage. I was not pushed to participate or to excel; I did so because I enjoyed it. And I'm now a grown, well-adjusted woman and a successful professional with multiple degrees. I credit my success in part to many of the interpersonal and communications skills I learned in those cheesy pageants. #highglitzbook
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    11/12/09

    In reply to High Glitz: Exploring Child Pageants Through A Feminist Lens
    #1. If she didn't look like her top was going to fall off, I might accept this as a "Victorian" look for some young miss living in Murray Hill.

    #2. This is what Carrie Prejean still sees when she closes her eyes and repeats "no sex tape...no sex tape...no sex tape...no gays married...no sex tape..." PS. The dog hates America.

    #3 just killed Blofield. AND SHE WILL KILL AGAIN.

    #4 is actually Strawberry Shortcake's fucked-up cousin Cherry Tart.

    #5 is the missing Huckabee.

    #6 is hoping that her exposed navel will distract us from the fact that she just chewed a hole in her hat. #highglitzbook
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    Image of NewsBunny NewsBunny
    11/11/09

    In reply to High Glitz: Exploring Child Pageants Through A Feminist Lens
    Girl number three is horrifically over-sexualized. That is a very disturbing photograph. #highglitzbook
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    Image of thehighshelf thehighshelf
    11/11/09

    In reply to High Glitz: Exploring Child Pageants Through A Feminist Lens
    But there isn't any frivolity! There is no goofiness, luxury, or play in this mess. #highglitzbook
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    Image of jenrobe jenrobe
    11/12/09

    @thehighshelf: Yeah, it's not quite the same as getting into your mum's lipstick and high heels, is it? #highglitzbook
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    Image of amazoncowgirl amazoncowgirl
    11/11/09

    In reply to High Glitz: Exploring Child Pageants Through A Feminist Lens
    The argument that by criticizing and moralizing about Pagaents is somehow denying a little girl or trans child the right to live out their fantasy of girliness just doesn't hold up. Being anti-pagaent is not about being against little girls dressing up or putting on make-up if they so desire. Or little boys either, for that matter (I have five nephews and they all loved to wear my high heels and experiment with lipstick at a certain age).

    Being anti-pagaent is about being horrified that small children are being sexualised.

    Are being forced into competition with other little children to look the cutest, sexiest, whatever.

    Are being told at such a young age that if they do not win, they are somehow less worthy, less cute.

    Are being forced to wear frigging fake nails at the age of 2, for fucks sake.

    A little girl putting on a pretty dress up frock and playing with mum's make-up is one thing. A nine year old girl who is made up to look like a provocative grown-up woman is in a totally new ballpark altogether.

    And Doonan arguing that parents are somehow cheating their children by denying them the right to compete in these pagaents is ridiculous. Parents are given these decision making responsibilities for a reason. Because they are supposed to know better than a small child what is good for them. By Doonans argument I should have been allowed to drink the entire bottle of Vallergan when I was four because I really liked the taste of it.

    I used to love being in the spotlight, wearing a pretty dress as well, Mr Doonan. Happily for me my parents sat through many an impromptu backyard play. There are other, less damaging outlets. #highglitzbook
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    Image of neuronerd neuronerd
    11/11/09

    In reply to High Glitz: Exploring Child Pageants Through A Feminist Lens
    Hmph. Simon Doonan, I'll have knee-jerk antipathy towards beauty pageants if I very well please, even you do think I'm "overeducated"... wait, what? Do you expect me to take that as an insult? No, better question: do you really expect me to accept the existence of such a concept as too much education?

    Also, even if you do think I'm dreary (debatable), overeducated (whatever the hell that is), and middle-class (which, okay, I am, but I'm confused as to whether raising or lowering my class would supposedly increase my appreciation of beauty pageants), lacking in spotlight intoxication I am not. I had nine perfectly enjoyable years on the competitive Irish dance circuit. And yet, I can still muster up a hefty heap of criticism for the increasing makeup-and-wig-laden glamorization trend in said competition circuit. See how that works, Mr. Doonan? I enjoyed the spotlight for the sake of athletic and artistic performance and managed to not pick up an appearance complex while doing so. I cared more about the attention I received from what I did than from how I looked. *Gasp.* #highglitzbook
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    Image of SharonTaint SharonTaint
    11/11/09

    In reply to High Glitz: Exploring Child Pageants Through A Feminist Lens
    Number 4 could be a Zoloft ad, I'm sorry to report. But these are the facts.

    That little girl is sad beyond her years.
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    Image of limber limber
    11/12/09

    @SharonTaint: I feel like I can not only see what Number 5 will look like at 40, but also her nascent urge to kill. #highglitzbook
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