Norma Jeane Mortenson‚ June 1‚ 1926 – August 5‚ 1962) was an American actress and model. Famous for playing "dumb blonde" characters‚ she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s‚ emblematic of the era’s attitudes towards sexuality. Although she was a top-billed actress for only a decade‚ her films grossed $200 million by the time of her unexpected death in 1962.[1] She continues to be considered a major popular culture icon.[2] Born and raised in Los Angeles‚ Monroe spent most of her
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creation of a worldwide icon is bound to be a controversial issue. Ruth Handler created the Barbie Doll in 1959 for her daughter‚ Barbara‚ to play with‚ and it spun into huge proportions. Handler’s action of creating Barbie has influenced the way girl’s play and children’s perceptions of womanhood and femininity. However‚ some groups believe that these perceptions have been altered for the worse‚ and have retaliated. There have been consequences such as gender role stereotyping‚ "Barbie Backlash"‚ and economic
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full-size images. The Bode museum presents several rooms of exhibits with varying themes‚ the first being the room of the “Loss and Restitution” room. This room tells the history of the impact of controversial military decisions of German‚ Soviet‚ and American forces on this artwork‚ and explains the artworks’ evacuation and its restitution. One of the damaged sculptures shows a distressing yet interesting facial expression‚ as if it witnessed a crime! The second room entitled “Remembrance” mounts full-size
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On the Barbie Bungee CRA we had to find out how many rubber bands we needed to launch off Ken from the MCLC library balcony without hitting his head on the floor. I think the important information when solving this problem are the numbers because I need the numbers so that I could figure out how many rubber bands I need .What I did first was graph the table on the paper so that I could make a slope triangle to find out my growth and y-intercept to make an equation to see how many rubber bands
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Austin EN460f – Seminar Paper Wednesday‚ November 14‚ 2012 Barbie and the Notion of Progression Since the emergence of the Barbie doll in 1959‚ Barbie has been a populous choice among young children‚ and more specifically young girls because of its monopolization of the toy market. Barbie is a doll that has been outwardly controversial and debated upon for years and most likely will be for many years to come. The idea of the Barbie doll is a toy for which young girls model themselves after and
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The Barbies Around Us The word ‘Consummation’ tends to make one think of weddings and sex and the loss of virginity. However‚ in Marge Piercy’s poem‚ “Barbie Doll‚” consummation has the unexpected meaning of perfection. The idea of perfection in the poem is key to its overall implications. The definition of consummation in the Oxford English Dictionary that best fits the tone of the poem describes it as reaching the height of perfection. With the use of hyperbole and mockery‚ Piercy tells the story
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Norma Jeane Mortenson‚ also known as Marilyn Monroe‚ was and still is an icon because of her bravery and high self-esteem. She is so famous because she didn’t cover up her body‚ she embraced her curves and never hid them like most girls did back in the day “Imperfection is beauty‚madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” Many women from her era weren’t as sexualized as she was and that made her more entertaining also. In 1962 Marilyn Monroe died at age
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Basketball Icons: Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan For the last seventeen years‚ there has been much debate as to whether Kobe Bryant or Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. I have never really been interested in basketball or most sports for that matter‚ until a few years ago. My husband would watch all of the college and professional basketball games on television. He would become especially excited during March madness and the NBA
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loophole to my parent’s rule; if I wasn’t playing the game‚ then I wasn’t technically misbehaving‚ but I could have the same experiences. I loved these games far more than any of my own‚ because they were far deeper and conceptually complex than‚ say‚ Barbie Horse Adventures. I still remember the day in November 2009 that my brother got Assassin’s Creed 2. We’d shared the experience of playing the first game‚ but with the second installment came a whole new realm of possibility. The base concept of the
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Barbie Impacts Self-Image of Young Girls Children today are being blasted with images from television‚ movies‚ games‚ and toys that are gender-biased. The media and toy designers have increasingly and negatively sexualized children’s toys. This has led to a gender divide and the formation of low self-image in our nation’s youth‚ particularly girls. Barbie is one such toy that all young girls seem to want‚ but at what costs? When you visit stores like Toys R Us‚ Target‚ or Wal-Mart their toy aisles
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