Student presents the iconic doll\u2019s proportions in a provocative new context. Barbie\u2019s not just a doll. In Galia Slayen\u2019s hands, the iconic blond plaything has morphed into a life-size representation of what an eating disorder looks like.<\/p>\n
Four years ago, Slayen, then a student at Lincoln High School in Portland, Ore., built what she believed to be a life-size version of the doll she played with as a child as part of the first National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was at a friend\u2019s house and her mom\u2019s an artist so there were all these art supplies around,\u201d Slayen told TODAY.com. \u201cShe helped with the actual proportions.\u201d Slayen brought the life-sized doll to the Today studios Monday to show off her handiwork. The Barbie stands about 6 feet tall with a 39″ bust, 18″ waist and 33″ hips. <\/strong>She is made of wood, chicken wire and papier mache, and is dressed in a size 00 skirt that was a remnant from Slayen\u2019s one-year bout with anorexia. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not blaming Barbie [for my illness] \u2014 she\u2019s one small factor, an environmental factor,\u201d Slayen said. \u201cI\u2019m blond and blue-eyed and I figured that was what I was supposed to look like. She was my idol. It impacted the way I looked at myself.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n The goal in creating Barbie\u2019s likeness was to start conversation. \u201cTalking about eating disorders is taboo to many people, and this made people talk about it,\u201d Slayen said. \u201cIt\u2019s a shocking image. A lot of people have seen it, and it\u2019s started debates,\u201d she said, particularly after she wrote about it for the Huffington Post. \u201cHer proportions are not 100 percent correct, but her look is not invalid.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAs a pop-cultural icon, Barbie is often used as art to express one\u2019s own personal opinions and views,\u201d a Mattel spokesperson said in an email. \u201cGirls see female body images everywhere today and it\u2019s critical that parents and caregivers provide perspective on what they are seeing.<\/strong> It\u2019s important to remember that Barbie is a doll who stands 11.5 inches tall and weighs 7.25 ounces \u2014 she was never modeled on the proportions of a real person.\u201d<\/p>\n SOURCE<\/a> Student presents the iconic doll\u2019s proportions in a provocative new context. Barbie\u2019s not just a doll. 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