“Barbie Without Makeup” Proves How Unattainable A Role Model She Really Is

She's still very pretty, but compared to the Barbie we're used to seeing, she's much more realistic.

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As if we needed another reason to dislike Barbie — with her impossible proportions and her endless supply of material goods — graphic designer Eddie Aguirre created a version of Barbie as a normal person, with no makeup, bad skin, baggy eyes, and braces. She’s still very pretty, but compared to the Barbie we’re used to seeing, she’s much more realistic.

And why, exactly, can’t little girls be playing with something that looks like this? Thought Catalog Logo Mark

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Your Daily Devotional 7/11/2025: When God Is Your Stronghold

Devotional Message When God becomes our center, fear loses all its power—for with a God who is our light, our deliverer, and our eternal refuge, what could possibly shake us? His holy light will forever illuminate any darkness our hearts may harbor, penetrating each moment of doubt, every season of spiritual wilderness and every passage […]

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