Barbie - ICON Barbie was first manufactured by Mattel in 1959‚ in an industry in which most products quickly come and go but Barbie’s longevity was unique. The “magical power” that this doll has is that she was made for kids and gave a balance between real‚ education‚ appearance‚ evolution and imagination. Barbie becomes a visual symbol for consumption of material goods‚ attention to physical appearance‚ voyeuristic sexuality‚ and a lifestyle focused on personal pleasure. The debates
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It has been 55 years since the first Barbie was born. Almost every girl in the world has had at least one Barbie in their life. Statistics show that every second at least 2 Barbies are sold around the world! Yet how is this perfect doll impacting millions of teenage girls and women’s around the world? While researching this topic I stumbled upon a very disturbing picture‚ this teenage girl was holding a Barbie and was comparing the doll to her body. What kind of messages are we sending to young
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Barbie Purpose statement: The purpose of this speech is to inform the audience about Barbie. INTRODUCTION: I. Did you know in every second of everyday‚ two Barbie dolls are sold somewhere in the world? A. Barbie was invented in 1959 by Ruth Handler. B. She was introduced to the world at the American Toy Fair in New York City. II. Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for fifty years. A. She has been the subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits
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The Barbie Doll While some women felt that they were too provocative for their daughters to play with‚ Barbie Dolls have shaped America’s young girls and women for decade. Barbie has an “I can do it all!” attitude‚ which inspiring to many young girls while growing up. Though there have been some changes over the years‚ Barbie is a bona fide‚ worldwide icon. Ruth Handler was the creator of Barbie Dolls. She and her husband‚ Elliot‚ founded the company Mattel in 1945. Ruth was inspired by her daughter
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In Sandra Cisneros’s "Barbie-Q"‚ a sudden abundance of flawed Barbie dolls makes the child narrator accepts her own identity and discards society’s ideals of women. The initial storyworld is that of materialism and perfection. What the narrator values in her dolls and what she plays with them could be seen as a reflection of her own self image‚ of what she thinks she should look like and what kind of life she should live. From the first few lines of the story it becomes clear that the narrator of
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The Youngest Doll is a short story by Rosario Ferre. The book is about a maiden aunt who devoted her life to take are of her nieces. She never marries due to a incident where a river pawn bites her calf‚ because of minimal treatment it nestles there to grow. She makes all her nieces life sized dolls on all they’re special days such as birthday’s and weddings. Later in the story we found out that the physician could have cured the aunt but doesn’t because it pays for his son’s education. The son ends
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impressionable? Her name is Barbie and that is exactly the impression of her that young‚ new‚ millennial parents would have you believe. They would have you believe that an inanimate object is to blame for the poor self image the girls of today have. It is not as if the media has already taken everything they deem desirable about a women’s body and have objectified it in all manners possible for a profit. It is not as if the film industry stereotyped what “beautiful” was long before Barbie was even hitting
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BARBIE HISTORY Let me begin by telling a story. A young girl meets a boy and they fall in love. The girl graduates from high school. She had visions of a great career success in the real world. She wanted to go to college anyways because her parents thought traditional. The girl went to college and married the boy too. They raised two children‚ Barbie and Ken. They are the creators of the company Mattel and the makers of Barbie‚ Ruth and Elliot Handler. The reason of me telling you this
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Informative Speech: Barbie With more than 150 careers on her resume she has worked as a Nurse‚ lifeguard‚ dance teacher and even astronaut. Her popularity has spread throughout the world for decades. She is beautiful‚ talented and every little girl has yearned to have her. Who is this woman you may ask? Her name is Barbie. I will be speaking about the History‚ popularity‚ and controversies of the Barbie doll. The Barbie doll was invented by a woman named Ruth Handler in 1959. Ruth had a daughter
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Title: history of Barbie Specific purpose: to inform my audience about the history of Barbie Introduction: how many of you watch the Barbie story? Is there anyone left on the planet that doesn’t know what a Barbie doll is? I knew that everybody know about the story of Barbie‚ but how many of you know about history of Barbie? Now‚ I will give you the information about the history of Barbie. Barbie dolls are sold nearly worldwide. They have been the subject of numerous books and controversies‚
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