The Inanimate Attitude

This article about what a real person would look like with a Barbie doll's dimensions is boilerplate what-are-we-doing-to-the-children? material, until it mentions someone named Sarah Burge, who has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on cosmetic surgery to look more like Barbie. I'll let Ms. Burge explain her motivations:

"I actually agree she would probably look a bit freaky if life size but as a doll she looks fantastic. There's nothing wrong in using her as a role model when it comes to looks, as well as attitude to life. . . . It's empowering for women to be who they want to be and not just live with the body and face they were born with."

This alone was pretty funny, but I really enjoyed when a commenter spelled out why:

I had to laugh at Sarah Burge's quote "There's nothing wrong in using her as a role model when it comes to looks, as well as attitude to life." Exactly what is Barbie's attitude to life? She is after all an inanimate bit of plastic. Does Sarah lay around until someone comes in and dresses her and moves her arms and legs?

(Via The Browser)