Barbie: Cultural Icon‚ New Age Guru or Blonde Bimbo? She’s 56 years old‚ but hasn’t aged a day; her hair hasn’t turned gray; she hasn’t gained a pound; and she’s been number one nearly all her life. It’s Barbie‚ of course. Introduced in 1959 as a teenager‚ Barbie turned 40 in 1999. Throughout her life‚ she’s enraged feminists and mothers and warmed the hearts of millions of little girls. No matter how her revile her‚ she bounces back. Initially‚ just a blonde teenager‚ Barbie has moved
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Barbie still profit babe 50 years on January 30‚ 2010-02-03 In light of the recent global economic downturn‚ countless corporations were forced to reconsider their strategic plan so that they could survive the economic conditions and mitigate their risks of failure. With over half a century of experience Mattel Inc.‚ the biggest name in the toy industry‚ is one name that is synonymous with longevity. Barbie‚ Mattel’s flagship product has survived decade after decade; through extreme social change
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Variety is the spice of the Barbie Doll Marketing Success. First introduced to the US market in 1959‚ Barbie has grown into a global cultural phenomena. From just one female doll‚ the Barbie family has grown and includes over 38 friends and relatives. There are now dolls that represent multiple ethnicities‚ males‚ different age groups‚ different abilities‚ different lifestyles‚ etc. All totaled‚ there are now over one hundred and fifty different dolls under the Barbie brand. Quality Quality has
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Outline To inform the audience about Barbie Doll March 27‚ 2014 I. Introduction: A. She has had more than 80 careers in her lifetime‚ from a Rock Star to a paleontologist‚ to a Presidential candidate. Many of you in this room have probably either purchased or owned one…she is Barbie!! B. With her good looks‚ charm‚ and charisma‚ she won audiences over in record time. C. Preview of Main Points: 1. First‚ I will discuss the Origination of Barbie. 2. Second‚ I will discuss her growing
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skinny and beautiful as Barbie? Children go through a stage in their life when they are constantly worrying about what they look like‚ how much they weigh compared to others. Barbie helped sustain this negative attitude with the boys and girls. Young girls look up to the barbie doll wanting to be her when they were older and not realizing that she is not a realistic image. The children suffering or who has suffered down this path could be avoiding this path. You don’t need barbie as a toy at any point
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The Barbie Doll was first patented in 1958 by a young woman from California named Ruth Handler. The Barbie doll is well know for her long legs‚ her tiny waist‚ blonde hair and blue eyes‚ and her huge chest. This “perfect” plastic body has had multiple positive and negative affects around the world for the past fifty years; Barbie was based off of a German prostitute comic strip character named Lili. She was meant to be a steady outlet for young girls dreams and an constant changing reflection of
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The Negative Impacts of Barbie on Young Girls Barbie dolls are a common toy among many girls around the world. As girls age‚ Barbie plays a key role in their self—image. Girls desire to be just like the Barbie doll which can lead to unhealthy ways of living. One might object that Barbie leads to unhealthy ways of living‚ but many young girls that play with a Barbie doll are shown to having a eating disorder as they grow up. Barbie dolls are bad influences because they lead to eating disorders‚ false
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Imagine you are sitting in a crowd waiting for a show called “The Hottentot Venus” and you don’t know what the attraction is beforehand. Finally‚ the crowd gets silent and the curtain opens up. All of a sudden‚ you see a huge cage that is big enough for a gorilla. Then out comes a women with a collar around her neck and she’s struggling and fighting against the man holding her leash. He yells and she stands up and growls just like an animal. This is Saartje Baartman whose show you’re at and she is
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Barbie has been an iconic toy since its introduction in the 1959 Toy Fair in New York. Quickly almost every little girl in American had to have one. Barbie went from a simple plastic toy to a role model and why wouldn’t she be? Barbie has had 130 jobs‚ ran for president 5 times‚ rides in a little pink corvette‚ and left Ken over 10 years ago but‚ she also has an eating disorder. Barbie’s waist‚ neck‚ and chest measurements are so disproportional that if she were a real woman she would have to‚ “crawl
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