Comments on: Amazonia Barbie http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2009/08/amazonia-barbie/ A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:59:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Howard G Charing http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2009/08/amazonia-barbie/comment-page-1/#comment-631 Howard G Charing Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:55:39 +0000 http://www.singingtotheplants.com/?p=3672#comment-631 Hi Steve saw your post on facebook mentioning this, and my first thought was that it had to be a joke......but it's true. I've obviously this 'striking doll has captivated my heart', and have to get one, and all my friend too. WE LOVE YOU BARBIE Howard ps. I've shown to a friend visiting me here in Lima, who has just returned from a 6 month diet in the jungle, and she is so totally captivated by this, that she wants one, and all she has done for the past ten minutes is fantasise about owning one in time for her next diet in the Amazon. pps. Thanks for bringing this important matter to our attention - keep up the good work! Hi Steve

saw your post on facebook mentioning this, and my first thought was that it had to be a joke……but it’s true. I’ve obviously this ’striking doll has captivated my heart’, and have to get one, and all my friend too.

WE LOVE YOU BARBIE

Howard

ps. I’ve shown to a friend visiting me here in Lima, who has just returned from a 6 month diet in the jungle, and she is so totally captivated by this, that she wants one, and all she has done for the past ten minutes is fantasise about owning one in time for her next diet in the Amazon.

pps. Thanks for bringing this important matter to our attention – keep up the good work!

]]> By: Patricia http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2009/08/amazonia-barbie/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Patricia Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:56:40 +0000 http://www.singingtotheplants.com/?p=3672#comment-535 I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often. Patricia I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Patricia

]]> By: Ellie http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2009/08/amazonia-barbie/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Ellie Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:28 +0000 http://www.singingtotheplants.com/?p=3672#comment-523 I had no idea that this barbie existed. Throughout reading this post, the idea of this Amazonia Barbie seemed more and more absurd. After reading this I looked into it and apparently Mattel has made other South American Barbies including two Peruvian Barbies, none of which seem any more accurate than this one and are also muy gringa. This seems odd to me as Mattel has made a wide range of different black skin tones for different African and African-American Barbies, but all the Hispanic and Latin American Barbies are fairly light skinned. Whether purposefully or not, it seems Mattel is perpetuating the misguided idea that in many Hispanic cultures, whiter is prettier, which is especially backwards because the majority of the people of most Latin countries are of both native and European descent. Spread the word, mestizas are pretty too! I had no idea that this barbie existed. Throughout reading this post, the idea of this Amazonia Barbie seemed more and more absurd. After reading this I looked into it and apparently Mattel has made other South American Barbies including two Peruvian Barbies, none of which seem any more accurate than this one and are also muy gringa. This seems odd to me as Mattel has made a wide range of different black skin tones for different African and African-American Barbies, but all the Hispanic and Latin American Barbies are fairly light skinned. Whether purposefully or not, it seems Mattel is perpetuating the misguided idea that in many Hispanic cultures, whiter is prettier, which is especially backwards because the majority of the people of most Latin countries are of both native and European descent. Spread the word, mestizas are pretty too!

]]> By: Tessa Eagle Swan http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2009/08/amazonia-barbie/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Tessa Eagle Swan Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:09:21 +0000 http://www.singingtotheplants.com/?p=3672#comment-516 Also i am a natural born shaman and i look nothing like that doll. Theres no sterotype as to what a shaman looks like its a way of life and energy!! And a gift from the Cosmos, its also about working for the greater good of people and the universe and i dont think these dolls will do that. Do they donate anything to the Amazonian people? Also i am a natural born shaman and i look nothing like that doll. Theres no sterotype as to what a shaman looks like its a way of life and energy!! And a gift from the Cosmos, its also about working for the greater good of people and the universe and i dont think these dolls will do that. Do they donate anything to the Amazonian people?

]]> By: Tessa Eagle Swan http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2009/08/amazonia-barbie/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Tessa Eagle Swan Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:06:08 +0000 http://www.singingtotheplants.com/?p=3672#comment-515 I wish the doll was more shipibo like and a true representation of a tribal jungle woman, in her full glory and natural beauty I think on the whole its an insult to women to make these dolls so virtual and unrealistic and what does that do the minds of impressionable young girls who will end up thinking pneumatic boobs and a miniscule waist is normal. Then plastic surgery comes in as it has already hit teenagers alarmingly so that at such a yound age they are influenced by unrealistic role models, and dolls like this do not help at all. I wish the doll was more shipibo like and a true representation of a tribal jungle woman, in her full glory and natural beauty
I think on the whole its an insult to women to make these dolls so virtual and unrealistic and what does that do the minds of impressionable young girls who will end up thinking pneumatic boobs and a miniscule waist is normal. Then plastic surgery comes in as it has already hit teenagers alarmingly so that at such a yound age they are influenced by unrealistic role models, and dolls like this do not help at all.

]]> By: Diane http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2009/08/amazonia-barbie/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Diane Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:28:17 +0000 http://www.singingtotheplants.com/?p=3672#comment-513 Wow, Barbie looks like a Shaman to me. Imagine that! I'm speechless! I wish my daughters were still little, I'd go out and buy them the Amazon Shaman Barbie for sure! Wow, Barbie looks like a Shaman to me. Imagine that! I’m speechless! I wish my daughters were still little, I’d go out and buy them the Amazon Shaman Barbie for sure!

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