arbie may be known for her long, golden locks along with her slender (albeit completely unnatural) curves, but an online movement is now trying to showcase how beautiful — and bold — Barbie can be without her trademark hair.
It all started, as many online movements do, on Facebook. Friends Rebecca Sypin and Jane Bingham, who have both been personally affected by cancer, launched a page called, “Beautiful and Bald Barbie: Let’s see if we can get it made.” Their goal was to petition toy maker Mattel to create a Barbie that would appeal to young girls who suffer from hair loss due to chemotherapy treatments, or other disorders such as Alopecia and Trichotillomania.
According to the Facebook page, the doll would not only serve as a role model for young girls dealing with hair loss themselves, but also be a way to help them cope with family members who have lost their hair — as Bingham did when she was being treated for non-Hodgkins lymphoma — and bring the topic of baldness into the public conversation.
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/01/13/cancer-advocates-campaign-for-a-bald-barbie-doll/#ixzz1jM98sxPd
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