Experiencing Miracles: Barbie’s Unexpected Role in My Breast Cancer Healing – A Personal Reflection
Breast cancer support spaces often involve jokes about Barbie. Women who have undergone a double mastectomy and breast implant reconstruction sometimes refer to their new breasts as achieving “Barbie status.” These women joke about their nipple-less, higher, and perkier breasts resembling Barbie’s chest. While some survivors embrace their “foobs” (fake boobs) as a step towards …