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    At the age of 41‚ Barbie is one of the longest living toys in America. While she may not be the face of America‚ she has a well-known American face that not only created the doll industry but also set the standard. Her many faces‚ hairstyles‚ careers‚ and even wardrobe luxuries are seen nearly everywhere you go. Barbara Millicent Roberts‚ better known as Barbie‚ made her debut at the America Toy Fair in New York City in the winter of 1959. Barbie has continued to evolve with the changing

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    com/od/bstartinventions/a/The-History-Of-Barbie-Dolls.htm 1.Barbie’s "real" measurements are 5 inches (bust)‚ 3 ¼ inches (waist)‚ 5 3/16 inches (hips) 2.Her weight is 7 ¼ ounces‚ and her height is 11.5 inches tall. 3.The Barbie doll was invented in 1959 by Ruth Handler (co-founder of Mattel)‚ whose own daughter was called Barbara. 4.Barbie was introduced to the world at the American Toy Fair in New York City. 5.The Ken doll was named after Ruth’s son and was introduced two years after Barbie in 1961. http://xroads

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    Barbie Doll”   The title “Barbie Doll” suggests that the poem advocates a perfect physique; however‚ it is a satire concerning human’s emphasis upon physical attraction. The title generates a satirical piece through the language used in the poem. The words and phrases in the poem express how young girls are influenced to acquire a perfect body that is often unachievable. A “Barbie Doll” is a play toy meant for young girls. A doll is thought of as a young girl’s sweet and innocent toy that

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    revision Who is Barbie? What does she stand for? Do all younger girls envy her? Emily Prager is a columnist for the New York Times and a fiction writer who has written many books. She reads an article in the New York Times about a man’s death‚ Jack Ryan. He was an inventor and designer‚ a man with many accomplishments. As Prager reads on‚ to her astonishment‚ she discovers that one of Ryan’s accomplishments was designing Barbie. “Of course‚” she thought. Why would a woman make Barbie with a “39 inch

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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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    The title Barbie Doll suggests that the writer is about to discuss a child’s toy‚ maybe a little girl’s prized possession. After reading the poem‚ is apparent that the title is not about a toy but more about an image of perfection‚ society’s idea of perfection. I find the author’s comparisons of reality‚ to society’s image and the effect that it has on young girls very interesting. Barbie is the kind of doll that is given to almost every little girl at a very young age her and in mind she sees

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    [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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    Tatiana Maalouli 999028421 ENGB04 TUT0002 Tuesday‚ September 23rd Audre Lorde Hanging Fire: Anxiety of a Teenager The dominant emotion in the poem Hanging Fire by Audre Lorde is anxiety. This is the poem about the uncertainty of a girl in her maturity‚ who longs for adult guidance. The author uses several examples of imagery in the poem‚ but the most notable of them is the repetition – anxious repetition. The narrator in the poem is the fourteen-year old girl‚ who is worried about many

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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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    In "A Hanging"‚ Orwell has a sudden epiphany: the prisoner that he is escorting is going to die. He feels that it is wrong‚ even if the prisoner was sentenced to death. With Orwell’s phrasing he reminds us that the prisoner is fully functional‚ his "feet printed themselves on the wet gravel"‚ "muscles slid neatly into place"‚ and a "lock of hair on his scalp danced up and down"‚ but when he saw the prisoner avoid a puddle‚ just minutes before he was going to die he realized how wrong it is to "cut

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