Women Work for Barbie

[ilovedisney84]

I dont think its the doll itself. I feel like you have to see the bigger picture here. while children are impressionable you have to factor in life situations, adults that they see as everyday role models etc. I grew up playing with Barbie and i loved her.I actually remember LOVING to pretend she was lost in Jurassic park in our back yard with my brother's dino's LOL. Listen i get the message and i respect you're work but... really i feel like every human being is different and life happens :D

[DeathWithoutIPod]

I completly respect your position but I have to disagree. Barbie isn't encouraging to be a pretty doll. Barbie may be pretty but she is also a Harvard Graduate, a Doctor, lawyer, writer, teacher, and aerospace engineer. I think thats pretty impressive. What has ken done? NOTHING. Barbie taught me as a young girl that I can be whoever I want to be and I don't need a man to achieve that. I think you should be attacking Brat dolls, not Barbie dolls.

[singercity40]

all our lives we walk a labyrinth with invisible walls of taboo and expectation me thinks.

Ed

[wyllieohagan]

me thinks you might be right.

[MaireMc]

Powerful and effective work sisters xx

[denisewyllie]

I am gratified that you understand and agree with this video MaireMc because Clare and I are amazed how few people do.

Some people cannot read the images or acknowledge their relevance.

x

[MaireMc]

The message you give is clear and very powerful. Thank you for continuing to give voice to the concerns of many women. Máire xx

[PBaugess]

Love this. i have a 2 year old little girl. everyone has been warned that anything prinsess or barbie is going to goodwill. she dose not need to grow up thinking a 22in waist and DD cup sizes is whats inportant.

[wyllieohagan]

Good plan you have there for your daughter.

We wish you all the best.

[KookyKiwi83]

to slow for my liking but who doesnt want to be baribe? baribie giirl! lolz

[laellagos]

I think the main reason for girls to think that way is because of their direct environment. It is the people around them who expect them to be like a doll. I'm glad your little girl does not have to meet those expectations, but there are still a lot of girls who do. See, for example, those Miss Junior contests. Now THAT really makes me sick.

[HDIRNBERGER]

@PBaugess if barbie was a real girl, she would be 7 feet 2 inches and 101 pounds

[thebriansta]

im never waching this again its horrible

[RespectYourselfLA11]

The phrase "Mass Media brings Mass Deception" is true, and we must be empowered to fight. Wonderful clip. Favored.

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks for your comment and for the work you do.

[RespectYourselfLA11]

Sure, no problem. Thank you my friend as well for spreading the message of truth. We will succeed one day, and that's a fact, Jack. Anyone may visit my channel for more info on how if you'd like.

[MaxineZhou]

Good video

except the background music is random..

[denisewyllie]

We love the music

with a passion

[standasone37]

I thought the music tied in perfectly with the video's theme. Truth about how Women work for Barbie.

[wyllieohagan]

Thank you very much. The music was recorded by a young composer in China, who ventures into his country recording and documenting ancient folk songs.

[denisewyllie]

I still love this short video even tho we have made better more well crafted things since

it still rings true

[RonanG]

Don't know how I missed this. Simply superb! Simple in the conveyance of its disturbing message. Superb in its execution. Good filmmaking should engage, inform, and illicit a response from the viewer which this little film does on all fronts. Bravo! Bravissimo! Cuig stars agus Favourite gan aon doubt!

PS Have finished my John McGahern doc 'Three Days In Summer' at long last and will send on info to you.

Ronan

[wyllieohagan]

Thank you very much RonanG, your comments are very much appreciated.

Really looking forward to you news about your new film. All the best to you:)

[misspalmer100]

Lovely reflective gentle work ladies. Well done

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks very much for you comments MP100.

Wishing you all the best:)

[marillani]

That's true....really true.

[wyllieohagan]

Thank for your comments Marillani.

[ngozeee]

so true nice work :)

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks ngozeee, wishing you all the best.

[ngozeee]

thanks :)

[yami990]

this video is sadly quite true. it's very sad that people don't make the connection between how what one does when young will have lasting impressions when they are older.

[wyllieohagan]

Thank you very much for you insightful comments.

[Chanelona]

this video scares me

i know that r dolls! my gosh!

[SharellaC]

It's a DOLL>> I played with Barbie when I was little and Not my Image of self...It's A DOLL!

[poetess4life61]

It's amazes me how much influence media really has on children, and adults as well. It's so sad to think after all this time people haven't figured out beauty is only skin deep. Ugly goes through to the bone.

Perfect porcelain profile

only wearing a mask

deep down inside doth hide

a beast that's full of wrath.

[FSTOPDR]

See my earlier comment. I seem to remember that on SNL, there was a skit with Barbie getting ready to get into bed with Ken and the camera backs out and you see Ken with GI Joe. Nobody objected until Betsy Wetsy shows up.

[animallover4444]

i like the music =]]

[animallover4444]

good job =]

[wyllieohagan]

Thank you very much for viewing and taking the time to comment.

[FSTOPDR]

VERY POWERFUL AND MOVING. CAN YOU SAY, "ANOREXIA?"

I tried to give it 10 stars but Youtube won't let me.

Be well,

FSTOPDR

[VioletFraser]

This little film is beautiful, sad and touching. It should not be so sophisticated or seductive or powerful as it features a gross imitation of a Woman /doll, but it is. There is a marvelous juxtaposition of visual images with the composer Chan Wai Fat music sung by Po Sun Yi- it's genius.I take my hat off to you two, my dear girls Miss Wyllie and Miss O Hagan.

[wyllieohagan]

Dear Violet Fraser

Would you be kind enough to contact us privately. You make the most insightful comments, and we are very grateful to receive them. All the best to you.

[VioletFraser]

I will give me the greatest of pleasure. Miss Violet

[PantyMython]

Wow. 5 *****! Good, strong message!!

[LauraAnnBrowne]

another of my favourites

[artplanet9]

The poetic truth expressed in your video. A very good subject matter to address... I look forward to seeing your next one.

[clash360]

huh

[scriptum60]

Interesting, but is there going to be more?

*worth watching*

[wyllieohagan]

We certainly hope so.

About your question - do you mean, are we expanding on the Barbie video. If so, then yes.

Thanks for your comments they are appreciated.

[wyllieohagan]

Thank you very much for commenting on the work.

It's appreciated. Peace to you to Citarasa.

[citarasa]

Good

Work

! (;

PEACE

[enjoythevoyage]

This is so good! How did I miss it? I have highlighted it on my channel & shared it with my friends!1 Hope all is well with you & yours! Happy autumn! 5 stars!

[wyllieohagan]

Thank you for your comments, and for supporting this work by passing it on.

All the best

Wyllie O Hagan

[RussJacksonOff]

i have only 3 words

What The F***?

[methebookworm]

Buy your daughter a teddy bear or a puzzle not a barbie doll.

[magogoroks]

what happenedto the old fasioned china dolls with there lase petioats and dresses rather tan these horrible bits of plactic molding peoples minds to a lead of desperation anorexia comfort eating because you dont look like that jeolousy of the girls that do all the materialism of the world

[oceanseawater007]

but dolls are prettiful!!

[orling1]

Well done! AND SO TRUE! I have two daughters it is so sad to see what type of world they live in. I believe the mainstream media is run by Men (shallow Men) that is why you do not see so any focus on Men and their bodies! Women are much more deep to buy into that so it does not sell. I wish they would see that their shallowness and greed is hurting our little girls!

[bassethoundtown2]

Give a little girl a basset hound instead. Now that's a message worth teaching. The world would be a better place.

[hamstergeisha76]

If you can't get your daughter a dog then a hamster or rat would be a better alternative to a barbie doll.

[thegalsnextdoor]

Awsome! Well done =)

[Petticlew]

A few years ago, or so, I read about these Barbie factories. Believe the factory was in Indonesia, but can't recall. Very poor conditions. Excellent video.

[NewYorkGardener]

What have we become?

What is beauty ?

[NewYorkGardener]

I comment again because this video has such an interesting and THOUGHT Provoking Message!

[BulletproofGeorge]

tight piece of work o hagan! yep it's a crazy cycle, having those dolls probably assembled in a factory in a far off land under crap conditions, only to be shipped here and help kids get the wrong ideas. ohh, humans we are something else.

[Circusact67]

We live in a society which consumes images and objectifies and judges each other; which avidly consumes other people's lives, their weight gains and losses, their hairstyle through magazines and 'reality' television. This video challenges the objectification of the body: models with their painted lips and their dismorphic bodies and yet is visually seductive, using the language of its polemic.

[MCVALKRIE]

Interesting... I can't tell you how many barbies we have in our house...

[NewYorkGardener]

I agree, thought provoking !

Excellent video !

[MysterEy1BestofYT]

Thought-provoking. An aspect of the overall materialism. Added to the playlist for subject: Glamour (criticism/education).