Since I was five I have played with Barbie dolls. I usually picked out a cute red dress and brushed her long blond hair. I would tell my mom I wish I had long blond hair, or how I wish for a bright red dress that would fit my body just like that. For many years, Barbie has been a nationwide symbol of American beauty. However, not every girl in America looks like a skinny, blond, white girl. I for one, cannot be a skinny blond girl.

The first made Barbies had arched eyebrows, puckered lips and a  “Come here¨ look. Then morphed into a slim blond girl with a smartphone in 2014. Many young girls and boys come in many different shapes, sizes and unique personalities. Mattel’s Barbie dolls announced January 28, that the barbies will be featured in new different sizes from curvy, tall, and petite. There are also seven new different skin colors. Mattel’s Barbies decided to make these changes to represent womanhood that is relevant and more realistic to today’s girls.

“By introducing more variety into the line, Barbie is offering girls choices that are better reflective of the world they see today,”  Mattle writes on its website.

However, once I seen the tweets being made I went straight to Barbie’s twitter and scrolled through the tweets people were making about the new news. Although a lot of people are more than thrilled about it there are still lots of people angry about barbie being more realistic.

“Embracing the obesity epidemic? Sure that’s good. You Americans confuse me,” One comment says. Another comment  reads, “ Old shape was a model of a healthy woman, now you want a women to be chubby and out of shape?”

Since when did being slim mean you were healthy and when did being curvy mean you are unhealthy? There are too many people who are disturbed by the different shapes women are. And why do people seem offended by a doll that represents more realistic shapes of many women’s bodies? This is why we need change. We need to teach little girls and boys that the way your body is shaped is perfectly perfect.  Nothing upsets me more than hearing young girls say ¨I wish to look like her.¨ Instead how about we say ¨This is the way I look and I am beautiful.¨ and Barbies new evolution of promoting body positivity is doing just that.