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"There are thousands of reasons that I love The Hunger Games (the books more so than the movie but that&amp;#39;s another post for another day) but one of the biggest is the character of Katniss. She&amp;#39;s by no means a perfect role model but it makes me happy that there&amp;#39;s a younger generation getting the message loud and clear that it&amp;#39;s cool to stand up for yourself, speak your mind and embrace your inner &amp;quot;girl on fire.&amp;quot;\nDid you know that because of Katniss, there&amp;#39;s actually a renewed interest in archery&amp;#8212;it may even be coming to a public school near you! I can barely throw a dart but I love that The Hunger Games is inspiring young girls to seek out new activities that are outside of the box. And, come August, Mattel is releasing &amp;quot;Katniss&amp;quot; Barbie&amp;#8212;complete with her own set of bows and arrows&amp;#8212;and I think it&amp;#39;s great. Take a look at what &amp;quot;Katniss&amp;quot; Barbie will look like and then I&amp;#39;ll tell you why I&amp;#39;m so thrilled.\n\nSource: limelife.com via Glamour on Pinterest\nWhat do you guys think? Well, when I first spotted &amp;quot;Katniss&amp;quot; Barbie on Pinterest, I couldn&amp;#39;t help but to keep going and look at ALL the photos of the Barbie dolls that filled my childhood bedroom (and Barbie Townhouse with that elevator on a string&amp;#8212;anyone else have that?). I loved Barbie because I could make her do whatever I wanted&amp;#8212;especially the things I was too scared to try myself. I hope that &amp;quot;Katniss&amp;quot; Barbie can inspire in that same way. My ballet teacher told me my feet were too flat, boobs were too big and hips were too wide to ever be a &amp;quot;serious&amp;quot; dancer. Well, I showed her when my Barbie was more famous than Mikhail Baryshnikov! I even stuffed extra padding (tissues, etc) into her shiny turquoise unitard to make her look more like me. Did anyone else have her?\n\nSource: google.com via Glamour on Pinterest\nWhen I was about six (maybe seven) years old, the Muppets Take Manhattan came out and that was it. I was obsessed with New York. I wanted to move there. It took me another 14 years to make that happen but this &amp;quot;Day to Night&amp;quot; Barbie was my inspiration. I had her make very big business deals in her polka dotted fedora and pink felt blazer by day. And at night she turned that skirt inside out, threw that fedora on the ground and went to see the Muppets on Broadway every night.\n\nSource: ebay.com via Glamour on Pinterest\nSo, Valentine&amp;#39;s Day in the second grade was a big deal. Everyone had a mailbox on his or her desk and the highlight of the day was opening up your mailbox to see how many cards you got&amp;#8212;and if you got one from a &amp;quot;crush.&amp;quot; I think it&amp;#39;s different nowadays but back then you were under no obligation to give every kid in the class a card. We were given permission to hurt feelings at random. And so, I was devastated when my friend Amy got a card from the most popular boy in our class and I did not. Yes, I was like seven, but I still understood rejection and that was my first taste of it. It was okay though because I came home to find &amp;quot;Valentine&amp;#39;s Day&amp;quot; Barbie waiting for me from a &amp;quot;secret admirer&amp;quot; (my mom and dad were not very slick). All my girl friends (including Amy) were very jealous when I told them the next day before school. Barbie just made everything better!\n\nSource: bit.ly via Glamour on Pinterest\nBut the other reason I just love the idea of Katniss Barbie is because it&amp;#39;s always awesome to have your favorite pop culture icons in Barbie form! Perusing on Pinterest, here&amp;#39;s some of my favorites:\nI think if I had these, I would &amp;quot;play&amp;quot; royal wedding every day. Just saying . . .\n\nSource: barbiecollector.com via Glamour on Pinterest\nDo you think a Vampire version of Bella is on the horizon?\n\nSource: google.com via Glamour on Pinterest\nI don&amp;#39;t watch Mad Men like Megan does but I still think this &amp;quot;Joan&amp;quot; Barbie is so cool because it looks like the original Barbie!\n\nSource: barbiecollector.com via Glamour on Pinterest\nI used to watch I Dream of Jeannie re-runs with my grandmother. After reading Fifty Shades of Grey, I can help but think now that Major Nelson was the original dom and Jeannie the original sub!\n\nSource: barbiecollector.com via Glamour on Pinterest\nJust classic . . .\n\nSource: thefashionofaudrey.tumblr.com via Glamour on Pinterest\nAnd finally, for all you Hunger Games&amp;#39; fans . . . right now Katniss is the only character confirmed to be Barbie-ized, but check out this &amp;quot;Effie Trinket&amp;quot; Barbie that a super fan created!\n\nSource: thedollaffinity.blogspot.com via Glamour on Pinterest\n__What did you guys think about Katniss Barbie? What was your favorite Barbie growing up? And, do you own or collect any pop culture themed Barbies today?\n__\nMore from Pinterest:\n\nRidiculously Cute Animals Kissing on Pinterest\n\n\nDear Pinterest, Thank You For Reminding Me Why Sweet Valley High was the Greatest Part of My Childhood!\n\n\n10 Unusual Hunger Games-Inspired Goodies, Courtesy of Pinterest\n\nPhotos: Pinterest"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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