I played with Barbie’s, and I never “internalized” anything consequentially negative. I can see that a lot of my Barbie choices were continued into my adulthood- which I assume is because I made choices to suit my personality. (Family wise, career wise, sports, etc.)  But the fact remains that she is a doll. And while I acknowledged that the doll was tall and thin as a child- I did not make her numbers a goal- or even consider that Barbie could be interpreted as anything other than “open possibilities”, which I would be inclined to believe was the original intent.  Not to discredit your feelings, or eating disorder- but I really don’t see how Barbie could play a role in it. I think people use things like Barbie as a scapegoat because she’s so heavily marketed. We look around for the mega saturated. It’s easy, cheap- but overall, lazy. Eating disorders certainly existed before Barbie.  There are lots of other dolls and toys who maintain wildly disproportionate bodies whom we would never dream of approaching- even though we probably regularly played with them.  I’d be curious as to why you personally feel that way.