Help to fund "average Barbie" (and WYHI)

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Soon, you could buy your kids a doll that looks like a healthy, average young woman. Last year, artist and researcher Nickolay Lamm created a “Barbie” based on the measurements of average US females. The concept went viral, and now he’s crowdfunding its production using CrowdtiltOpen, taking pre-orders for dolls to be shipped late this year (assuming he reaches his crowd-funding target) and costing $17 and up each. But Lamm isn’t going for total inclusivity, and he won’t be making his dolls any heavier than average.

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“Lammily” is a tweaked version of Lamm’s “Real Barbie” prototype, and she’s got everything she needs to hit the shelves: Not just articulated limbs, but a picture-perfect face and impossibly shiny hair, too. She may be average in terms of body measurements, but she’s still representing an unfortunate standard of beauty—just a brunette one, with a butt.

That said, it’s a step in the right direction

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