Members of the South Shore Eating Disorder Collaboration (SSEDC) came up with a movement against Barbie known as “Get Real Barbie.” A member of this association mad a life size paper mache of Barbies measurements. The doll couldn't stand up. This means that Barbies real life measurements are so disproportionate that if she were real, she would have to walk on all fours. Considering that the age bracket aimed for Barbie is ages four to twelve, Barbie is creating high expectations for children, as well as adults, to look like her to be considered beautiful. In the late 1960's Mattel, Barbies maker, came out with 'Slumber Party Barbie.” This barbie came with an entire bathroom set including a scale set to 110 pounds.
The Barbie Doll, a brainchild of the Mattel Corporation, was invented in 1959. It was meant to serve as a toy for kids. Its designer, Ruth Handler had watched her own daughter play with dolls and learned that kids enjoyed giving dolls adult roles; she drew inspiration from the German fashion doll Bild Lilli to create the Barbie doll. Decades later, it has become subject to a number of controversies ranging from its lack of diversity in terms of race to body size; the latter is still a social issue. The Barbie doll has ridiculous body dimensions, with its signature larger than life eyes, swan-like neck, full pointy bust, trim waist-line and incredibly long legs.
Young girls tried with all of their might to be just like Barbie, to be perfect. In 1973 when Marge Piercy wrote this poem, she was conveying a message to her readers that no matter how hard we try, perfection is not something we achieve in our lifetimes, only in death. At the time this poem was written, Barbie had already been out for nearly twenty years. “Millions of children throughout the world, mostly girls, owned and played with one or more Barbie dolls, while some older people collected them (and some still do)” (Sherrow 1). Many of these women and young girls were trying to emulate her look at the time, which considering her measurements of 39-18-33, was virtually impossible.
First she tried dancing and singing, “At first my mother thought I could become a Chinese Shirley Temple” (200). Because Jing Mei is a first generation Chinese American she has the same physical qualities as a young Chinese girl. There was no way she could look like Shirley Temple. Jing Mei has straight black hair and after a bad trip to the hair dresser her hair is in the style of Peter Pan. Jing Mei never wanted to do the things her mother wanted her to do.
Leuce could help smile through her sadness, at the innocence and inventiveness of the child, she couldn't remember much of her own child hood, but she was sure to never have been as imaginative as the young Goddess. 'Yes I can make a beard for your doll. It will look even more like you,' she affirmed getting busy on the unnamed doll. 'Please Zeus, please give them life,' she added presenting the doll to the air. Leuce froze in terror and dread at the mere mention of the child's father.
I chose to study this text because I had actually wanted to read/view it anyway and also, Miss Thomas told me that it would be a good text to compare and relate to Madame Bovary. After viewing the first 5 minutes of 'The Great Gatsby' I can see that there are troubles with Daisy and Tom's relationship. Firstly, when Tom brought Nick into the house, he didn't even greet Daisy even though she was entering through the same door that he was leaving. I think that the flowing white curtains through which they pass, are a symbol of their honey-coated and flimsy relationship. Also, the curtains are see-through which almost suggests that the fake cover of Tom and Daisy's marriage is wearing out and people can see that their marriage is failing.
History of Barbie in Advertising Barbie Millicent Roberts, better known to the world as the famous Barbie, debuted March 3, 1959. While Barbie was originally designed for Ruth Handler's daughter Barbara, the appeal soon grew to children across America. Ruth realized that as children grew tired of playing with baby dolls, they did not have a replacement to play with. With this in mind, Ruth set out to create a doll that would allow children the ability to see what they would grow up to look like. Ruth modeled Barbie after a German fashion doll called Bild Lilli.
In “A Doll’s House”, Nora’s marriage consists of her husband Torvald telling her exactly what to do and when to do it. It appears that she is immature and child like when in reality she is quite intelligent. Nora manipulates Torvald into giving her money. Torvald is led to believe that Nora is a spendthrift and spends all of their money on grifts and house held item, but Nora actually saves up the money in order to pay back a loan she took out from the bank. Nora uses manipulation to her advantage to get what she wants rather than the wife from “The Yellow Wallpaper”.
Mary Angelique A. Auman English 10 Mr. Swenson November 9, 2014 “A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin The short story “A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin was a good example of what a single parent experiences in her daily life. Mrs. Sommers was a mother that puts her children before herself. She came across a decent amount of money but was captured by her own desires and forgot about her children. In “A Pair of Silk Stockings” the tone seems to be depressing at first then to exciting then back to depressing. The emotions were a rollercoaster.
She asked her mom for more aloe vera juice but she is confused with two different languages. Half of the word choice is English and the other half is Cantonese in the English sentence structure. This is an evident of code switching [lecture slide 14-15 “developing 2 languages at once”] In the same sentences where she asked for aloe juice, she is the Cantonese word for “snow” to describe it. For her, “snow snow” is the name for little aloe pieces in the juice because they are small and white or transparent. This is an evidence of assimilation in cognitive development [lecture slide 10-11 “more on adaptation”].