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Pro-Family, Pro-Life radicals.

07/16/03

Pro-Family, Pro-Life radicals.

Permalink 02:31:00 pm by cassie, Categories: Announcements [A]

Guys, I'm serious. Right now. Get off your computer, turn off that Saves The Day on the stereo, put on your Rock For Life hoodies, and get your bum to a Wal*Mart/KMart/Target immediately. Serious, guys. Go to the bargain store of your choice, get yourself into the toy section, and take a look at the Barbies. I know some of you are male, and I know some of you (like myself) are female and never liked Barbies anyways. Trust me, I hear ya. I got at least two Barbies for every holiday function present, and I never played with them myself. I don't care about your moral objections to the unproportionate size of.. well, we know that Barbies aren't proportionate anyways. That's not the issue. Two minutes ago, I saw a commercial (YES! They're ADVERTISING this!) for "Happy Family Barbie."

My dears, my activist pro-life ire has not lain so dormant in a long time as it does currently. This "Happy Family Barbie" has a mommy. It has a daddy. It has one child, aged approximately four years old. Here's the kicker!! ....... It has another child in utero. Woop! Woop! So, someone finally acknowledges the components of a "happy family," however corny the message may be (I know.. Barbie?!) I feel like kissing Mattel. Finally. There is also Baby Doctor Barbie, and a requisite infant. This is all.. well, in the words of Peter S, "inconceivable."** I recommend that every reader should go and buy the entire set. I mean, show some love. In any case, I'm walking on air, and I have to say, this is way better than Tattoo Barbie. Way better.

**Earlier this year, my friend from school, Peter, was at my house, conversing with my Mother in one end of the kitchen, whilst my Father, Sar, and I, sat stealthily listening to the conversation occurring at the other end of the room. Somehow, perhaps by means of the fact that my family has six children, and Peter's has ten, the two ended up talking about birth control, which Peter discreetly referred to as, "control." My Mother has given birth to six children. She has three teenagers in the household. She and I take care of my Yiayia. My Mother is frank and she is not afraid of discussion. So, she wasn't in the least embarrassed that Peter was to bring up such a hush-hush subject, though I suspect she was a bit surprised. In any case, Peter is vehemently anti-control, and briefly discussed how, once, his mother had explained to him the scenario in which she could have possibly used control after giving birth to Peter's elder brother. Peter, always exclamatory and excitable, punctuated the end of his piece with the thought, "Well, I thought about what my mother said, and I realized, 'What if she HAD stopped at Nate [his older brother]?!?!' The thought, to me, is just inconceivable!!"

My father and I both instantly broke into snickers which never reached Peter's oblivious ears, and my father wiggled his eyebrows madly. Sar shushed us a bit with a violent glare, whereupon my father remarked, under his breath, "Well, that was a rather curious choice of words, now wasn't it?"

11 comments

Comment from: chevytrucker [Visitor]
chevytruckerHey, isn't great to have people on our side? Anyways, I still don't think I'm going to buy a Barbie. It seems to me to be kind of hypocritical to have this same doll which for years I have not been able to even look at because of their immodesty is now going to be the symbol for family values. I actually have less of a problem with "family GI Joe" than with "family Barbie" although the closest I've seen in that department is Homecoming GI Joe.
07/17/03 @ 04:09
Comment from: B.R. Quinn [Visitor]
B.R. Quinn Are you certain that Barbie is, in fact, pregnant, or has she just developed a beer gut?
07/17/03 @ 04:10
Comment from: chevtrucker [Visitor]
chevtruckerBarry, I tend to think it would be Ken who would probably have the beer gut :p
07/17/03 @ 04:28
Comment from: Cassie [Visitor]
CassieHomecoming G.I. joe. I'll hafta chew on that one for a while. I'm certain, B. There's, like, a baby. Stella must have had something to do with this... ya know...
07/17/03 @ 05:40
Comment from: Sarah [Visitor]
SarahActually, Barry, I thought so myself, until I realized that the accessorial Six Pack which is usually available with each Barbie is conspicuously absent with this item... Baby Doctor must have objected.
07/17/03 @ 10:57
Comment from: Brian [Visitor]
BrianROTFLOL! That's hilarious. Inconceivable. Hehe. I'm not sure what my stance is on that, yet. I've heard "arguments" from both sides - both completely valid.
07/17/03 @ 13:31
Comment from: Mark [Visitor]
MarkDude. How did you know I was listening to Saves The Day? Thats just freaky stuff. Bet you dunno what CD though...;p
07/17/03 @ 19:04
Comment from: Cassie [Visitor]
CassieYeah, Bri, it's kinda a complicated subject. I've had my mind lined up with what my convictions were on the subject for a long time now, and then I took a class on medical ethics (from a Christian perspective - GREAT stuff, it was), and that only further solidified things. But, you know, regardless, I still love saying, "inconceivable!" in honor of Peter. :D I don't know Mark. My ESP is slightly off-kilter lately.
07/18/03 @ 04:35
Comment from: Mark [Visitor]
MarkHeh, fine, it was Through Being Cool. ;p
07/18/03 @ 11:00
Comment from: Heidi [Visitor]
Heidilol, that is a really funny story about peter. hhaha
07/26/03 @ 20:08
Comment from: Court [Visitor]
CourtLOL Your dad sounds really funny... ;-D
07/28/03 @ 18:58
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