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Body Image, Media Illusions & Learning to Like Ourselves Again There was a time when Barbie was just… Barbie. She had outfits. She had shoes that never stayed on. And if you had a dog, you were probably missing at least one heel. Marsha Brady brushed her hair like it was a full-time job. Twiggy was impossibly thin — which, at the time, felt familiar. I was called a “bean pole,” and honestly… I leaned into that one. Meanwhile? Farrah Fawcett and Cheryl Tiegs were on every boy’