Barbie Compared to Todays Modern Women
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[pic] Living in a Barbie World I am a Barbie Girl living in a Barbie world, a culture defined by physical perfection. I understand my generation's obsession with physical perfection, just look our idols and role models, Brittany Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, Barbie Dolls by definition, no matter if designed by birth or surgery. However, I question how and why did a generation before me have such an obsession with a doll culture representing this physical perfection without the media influences that cause me to highlight my hair, weekly manicure my finger and toe nails, live in a tanning salon, get up an hour early to blow dry my hair and put on my makeup, starve myself until my tummy is concave and hate my thighs? Yup, I am a Barbie Girl without the luxury of plastic creation. Flash back to 1959: the country has been through two world wars and a depression. But do you think this history was of any concern to my aunt, five years of age, who wanted only one thing for Christmas, a Barbie Doll; or that the shortage of the doll mattered to her mother, who shopped every store in several states to make sure that on Christmas Day her daughter had the one thing she wanted? "New for '59, the barbie doll: a shapely teenage fashion model! Retail price $3.00..." And my Grandmother succeeded, on Christmas Day, 1959, Roberta's daughter, Peggy Ann woke up to receive her first Barbie, a doll that at age 50, she owns, loves and has taught me to love. Hmm, guess that makes me a Second Generation Barbie Girl! Culture identity passing down through generations.
The First Barbie released in 1959!
Step into the 60's and we begin to see the first glimpse of the concept of the midriff cultural guru. The demand for Barbie in the Fifties is the first step in the development of the power of the teenager. The Creators of the guilt money concept to develop in future years, that will be driven by the children of
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[pic] Living in a Barbie World I am a Barbie Girl living in a Barbie world, a culture defined by physical perfection. I understand my generation's obsession with physical perfection, just look our idols and role models, Brittany Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, Barbie Dolls by definition, no matter if designed by birth or surgery. However, I question how and why did a generation before me have such an obsession with a doll culture representing this physical perfection without the media influences that cause me to highlight my hair, weekly manicure my finger and toe nails, live in a tanning salon, get up an hour early to blow dry my hair and put on my makeup, starve myself until my tummy is concave and hate my thighs? Yup, I am a Barbie Girl without the luxury of plastic creation. Flash back to 1959: the country has been through two world wars and a depression. But do you think this history was of any concern to my aunt, five years of age, who wanted only one thing for Christmas, a Barbie Doll; or that the shortage of the doll mattered to her mother, who shopped every store in several states to make sure that on Christmas Day her daughter had the one thing she wanted? "New for '59, the barbie doll: a shapely teenage fashion model! Retail price $3.00..." And my Grandmother succeeded, on Christmas Day, 1959, Roberta's daughter, Peggy Ann woke up to receive her first Barbie, a doll that at age 50, she owns, loves and has taught me to love. Hmm, guess that makes me a Second Generation Barbie Girl! Culture identity passing down through generations.
The First Barbie released in 1959!
Step into the 60's and we begin to see the first glimpse of the concept of the midriff cultural guru. The demand for Barbie in the Fifties is the first step in the development of the power of the teenager. The Creators of the guilt money concept to develop in future years, that will be driven by the children of