[18] Mattel said that the waist of the Barbie doll was made small because the waistbands of her clothes‚ along with their seams‚ snaps‚ and zippers‚ added bulk to her figure.[19] In 1997‚ Barbie’s body mold was redesigned and given a wider waist‚ with Mattel saying that this would make the doll better suited to contemporary fashion designs.[20][21] "Colored Francie" made her debut in 1967‚ and she is sometimes described as the first African American Barbie doll. However‚ she was produced using the
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wonder why in toys stores‚ they separate the girl’s toys from the boys? Or why they have certain kind of toys for girls and boys?. We don’t think about those things. However‚ we see that dolls are for the girls because how we grew up. Also what society establishes show us‚ that girls are suppose to play with dolls because when they grow up‚ they would have to become mothers or housewife‚ be delicates and more feminine. Therefore this type of mentality was created in girls since they were little and
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Barbie®: Mattel Corporation ‘I’m a blonde bimbo girl‚ in a fantasy world.....Life in plastic. It’s fantastic.’ (Aqua) Barbie was born in 1959 but she has never aged because she is a doll. To date over 1 billion Barbies have been sold by the US company that own her - Mattel Corporation. Ruth Handler‚ who founded the company along with her husband‚ Elliot‚ modelled the doll on an 11½ inch plastic German toy called Lilli sold to adult men. She named the adapted doll after her daughter‚ Barbara
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Barbie: The Bitch Has Everything? On eBay‚ a bidder can purchase a pink license plate frame that says‚ “I want to be Barbie. The bitch has everything.” Barbie appears to have the perfect body‚ Ken‚ her handsome boyfriend‚ a multitude of careers ranging from a teacher to an astronaut‚ and an endless wardrobe with all the accessories. But a close examination of Barbie may reveal that she does not have everything. Mattel’s Barbie doll has enjoyed a long and profitable history. Invented by
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hardships‚ and in the end‚ come out better then before. Through exploring the tone‚ mood‚ and theme of these works‚ one can see a common characteristic of finding balance between trust and loyalty‚ while also having a hope for a successful future. Shaun Tan‚ author of The Arrival‚ displays his understanding of the balance between loyalty and trust through telling a story of immigration‚ all through the use of pictures. The tone of this story is shown through how he displays his feelings towards true
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The central theme in Katherine Mansfield’s story is the cruelty of class distinctions. Mansfield was born in New Zealand when the country was still a British colony in which class distinctions were rigidly maintained. Her best-known short story‚ “The Garden Party‚” also deals with this subject. The reason that the rich Burnell children attend a school along with working-class children such as the Kelveys is that they live in rural New Zealand‚ where there are no other nearby schools. These same
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Marge Piercy is an American poet‚ novelist‚ and social activist. Her writings have often focused on feminist or social concerns. After her first failed marriage‚ Piercy lived in Chicago where she remembers those years as the hardest of her adult life. Piercy wanted to write about women she could recognize‚ working class people who were not as simple as they were supposed to be. (Marge Piercy. 9 Nov 2011. http://www.margepiercy.com/main-pages/biography.htm>) In the poem‚ a woman is angry at the
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“Barbie Doll”: Is she society’s ideal woman‚ or just an intangible idea? Is Barbie the ideal woman? By the time most girls reach the age of four‚ they are given a Barbie Doll that they love and adore. Barbie is tall‚ skinny‚ big breasted‚ career oriented‚ a loving wife‚ a good friend‚ and fun loving girl all wrapped into one. These traits are exactly what our society praises in every woman and that every woman aspires to be. The effects‚ however‚ of trying to become the “ideal woman” may be
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Kear Mrs. Senac English 10H 19 August 2013 “A Grown Up Barbie”: well-written “A Grown Up Barbie” is one of the many essays included in a larger work‚ This I Believe. The unknown author grew up playing with Barbie and as an adult‚ she is living like one. “A Grown Up Barbie” is well-written because it includes easily understood content‚ relatable diction‚ and ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos. The vocabulary used in “A Grown Up Barbie” is easily understood‚ comprehendible by a wide range of readers
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Mattel’s Barbie Industry Analysis Mandy Hope April 4‚ 2011 Every second 2.5 Barbie dolls are sold. This contributes to sales of more than $1.5 billion U.S. annually‚ making Mattel’s Barbie the most successful doll in history. By the year 2000‚ Barbie and all accessories had become more than half of Mattel’s toy sales. Despite several other companies promoting Barbie-like dolls‚ their management showed little fear. All believed that the American public was so engrained with the brand and
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