Q92: Victoria's Best Music Station » barbie http://kqvt.com Victoria's Best Music Station Sat, 18 May 2013 22:00:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Life-Size Barbie Has a Shocking Look [VIDEO] http://kqvt.com/life-size-barbie-has-a-shocking-look-video/ http://kqvt.com/life-size-barbie-has-a-shocking-look-video/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:00:23 +0000 Amory Gritta http://kqvt.com/?p=2406 As a 16-year-old, Galia Slayen made a life-size Barbie out of wood, chicken wire, paper-mache and -- of course -- two big balloons as way to deal with her anorexia.

Now, four years later, Slayen is a sophomore at Hamilton College and is using the massive (but freakishly slim) doll she built to start a conversation about eating disorders and body image issues.

]]> http://kqvt.com/life-size-barbie-has-a-shocking-look-video/feed/ 0 NBC Ken Looks To Facebook To Get Barbie Back http://kqvt.com/ken-looks-to-facebook-to-get-barbie-back/ http://kqvt.com/ken-looks-to-facebook-to-get-barbie-back/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:27:01 +0000 Amory Gritta http://kqvt.com/?p=815 Far be it from me to criticize someone looking for relationship advice on Facebook. It happens every day… one of my friend's status updates let me (and their other 1000 friends) know they’re having second thoughts or troubles in the relationship they’re currently in.

But when a page created as an advertising ploy for a 50 year old toy line starts asking people what they think should be done in a relationship, I have to say something about it.

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