Personal Narrative Essay: Perfect Isn T So Perfect
Nicole Pannella
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Little Ms. “Perfect” Isn’t so Perfect
The white and tan shaggy carpet that usually covers my family room floor has gone missing. It has been replaced by what seems to be a never-ending sea of toys. There was my Furby with white speckled spots, mousetrap the board game most likely missing more than half the pieces, Mr. doodle bear covered in scribbles, my Nintendo DS that practically had my eyes glues to the screen while I played, the stupidly dangerous moon shoes, my baby born- the doll the actually ate and shit, and then the whoopee cushion that I always found hilariously funny to slip under the couch when no one was looking. Yeah I loved all these toys, but where was my favorite? Where the hell was Barbie? …show more content…
Some would suggest that Barbie is responsible for implanting some sort of misconstrued image of beauty into the developing minds of the young children playing with this toy. According to one mother, Julianne M., featured on Pop Sugar, Barbie “teaches young girls to have unrealistic expectations of their own bodies.” Not only liable for being a bad influence of young girls but boys as well, as another mother of a young boy states, “ Barbies and princesses are such unhealthy, unrealistic examples of women that I wouldn’t want to encourage them for children, regardless of their sex.” These two moms and many others feel that the promotion and playing with this doll just may be affecting their children way more than ever thought out to be. Maybe its time to think twice before placing Barbie on that black conveyor belt that leads to the cash …show more content…
I mean damn, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reported that more than 209,000 teenagers received plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures just in the year 2009 alone. It’s gotten to the point where young girls are asking for breast implants as their graduation gift (Growing up With a Fairytale). But I mean hey, “Life in Plastic, it’s fantastic” (Barbie Girl by Aqua). I’d say not so much. Shit, if I asked this of my parents I would either be smacked upside the head or it would be taken as one big joke, not that I ever would even think about asking so, but still. Personally, I think this is maybe where many parents accusing Barbie of doing harm to their innocent child went wrong. Maybe it was them all along. I mean why the hell would someone let their teenage daughter get a boob job or cosmetic surgery of any sorts? Why not just tell them no and that they’re beautiful as
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Little Ms. “Perfect” Isn’t so Perfect
The white and tan shaggy carpet that usually covers my family room floor has gone missing. It has been replaced by what seems to be a never-ending sea of toys. There was my Furby with white speckled spots, mousetrap the board game most likely missing more than half the pieces, Mr. doodle bear covered in scribbles, my Nintendo DS that practically had my eyes glues to the screen while I played, the stupidly dangerous moon shoes, my baby born- the doll the actually ate and shit, and then the whoopee cushion that I always found hilariously funny to slip under the couch when no one was looking. Yeah I loved all these toys, but where was my favorite? Where the hell was Barbie? …show more content…
Some would suggest that Barbie is responsible for implanting some sort of misconstrued image of beauty into the developing minds of the young children playing with this toy. According to one mother, Julianne M., featured on Pop Sugar, Barbie “teaches young girls to have unrealistic expectations of their own bodies.” Not only liable for being a bad influence of young girls but boys as well, as another mother of a young boy states, “ Barbies and princesses are such unhealthy, unrealistic examples of women that I wouldn’t want to encourage them for children, regardless of their sex.” These two moms and many others feel that the promotion and playing with this doll just may be affecting their children way more than ever thought out to be. Maybe its time to think twice before placing Barbie on that black conveyor belt that leads to the cash …show more content…
I mean damn, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reported that more than 209,000 teenagers received plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures just in the year 2009 alone. It’s gotten to the point where young girls are asking for breast implants as their graduation gift (Growing up With a Fairytale). But I mean hey, “Life in Plastic, it’s fantastic” (Barbie Girl by Aqua). I’d say not so much. Shit, if I asked this of my parents I would either be smacked upside the head or it would be taken as one big joke, not that I ever would even think about asking so, but still. Personally, I think this is maybe where many parents accusing Barbie of doing harm to their innocent child went wrong. Maybe it was them all along. I mean why the hell would someone let their teenage daughter get a boob job or cosmetic surgery of any sorts? Why not just tell them no and that they’re beautiful as