WKDQ - THE TRI-STATE'S COUNTRY STATION » lifesize http://wkdq.com Fri, 24 May 2013 07:00:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Lifesize Barbie Can Be A Lesson http://wkdq.com/lifesize-barbie-can-be-a-lesson/ http://wkdq.com/lifesize-barbie-can-be-a-lesson/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:08:47 +0000 Jon Prell http://wkdq.com/?p=4933 As a 16-year-old, Galia Slayen made a life-size Barbie out of wood, chicken wire, paper-mache and -- of course -- two big balloons as way to deal with her anorexia.

Now, four years later, Slayen is a sophomore at Hamilton College and is using the massive (but freakishly slim) doll she built to start a conversation about eating disorders and body image issues.

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