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As the hard winds of New York City hit my face, I looked up in adornment at the giant gold letters reading, “American Girl Place” for the first time. I faced my father, his giant frame proceeding over my small nine-year-old one, looking into his eyes waiting for the signal that meant I could go in. He smiled at me, took my hand, and led me inside. A burst of excitement filled up inside of me as I walked in and saw the arrangement of dolls lined up inside a glass case. Learning from the helpful…

Manufactures of consumer goods play into racialized and gendered preferences for their products, while also generating consumer desires. On the production and marketing of differences, similarities, role models, and both looking-like-me and looking-unlike-me experiences, through toys and games. In this particular article, Ann Ducille critiques the past and present ways in which Mattel presents race and gender through the iconic Barbie doll. Barbie could be seen as a female representation of…

Most of the girl toys in stores have certain characteristics. These roles portray femininity, beauty, and certain gender roles. One of the most popular toy companies for girls all over the world is Barbie. She has offered young girls dolls, dollhouses, and the accessories that goes with them since 1959. Barbie has been very influential to young girls, affecting how they dress and even act. Unfortunately, the controversy that surrounds Barbie has begun to grasp attention through social media and…

Thank you so much for choosing me to run this ad campaign, selling the “Oops-I-Did-It-Again” doll. I feel that we have a great product here, and am honored that I was your first choice to sell this revolutionary toy. In this email, I will layout my ad campaign proposal to you using statistically successful techniques, along with analyses explaining why each technique will work to sell our product. I hope you are as excited about what this doll can do for our company as I am! First, we will sell…

I remember in fourth grade my teacher insisted that we come to school the following day dressed as we would in our dream career. In that moment, I realized how I enjoyed creating new ideas and designing fashion. I then reminisced on the day I got my first Barbie. I use to mix and match her clothing with previous dolls I owned. I wanted all my Barbies to look original, unlike most little girls who bought their matching clothes in a plastic pack. In my spare time, I would pull out my…

For well over fifty years now, Barbies have been at the disposal of young girls across the nation. Countless numbers of these young girls have treasured Barbies, so much so that some even collected dolls, clothes, houses and other items pertaining to Barbie. However, more and more of those young girls are beginning to perceive the Barbie doll to be the definition of beauty; craving to be blonde, tall, and skinny as well. Instead of striving to mold themselves, children should be shown that there…

It is 1983 and Chris Wiggs is tired of his daughter Joanna carrying around these massive barbie dolls. He decided to no longer put up with it and create a smaller version of a doll instead. polly pockets they were named, mostly because of the fact that they were so small they could fit into your pocket. When he first designed these toys he had no idea they would be majorly popular for over 10 years, have many variations and eventually end in discontinuation. Bluebird Toys were the first to…

Psychologist have tested and proven the side effects of playing with Barbie dolls. It is impossible to know at a young age if a girl will develop a negative influence by playing with Barbie dolls. Studies have proven that playing with Barbie Dolls can change the way young girls think and behave later on in life. Barbie dolls are a negative influence that can make them self-conscious about their physical appearance by lowering their self-esteem and making them desire the body of a Barbie Doll.…

When watching a movie, each scene is a complex image that the human eye sees. These images help develop certain effects of the movie because of the details shown and expressions in people's faces. In stories, authors use imagery in their writing to create a mental image, similar to one in a movie to form a particular effect. In “Barbie-Q,” Cisneros uses imagery in a detailed way when talking about the Barbies in order to show how much the little girl desires to be a Barbie. Cisneros writes about…

The Barbie Bungee CRA was an assignment given by Bungee-R-Us. It had asked me to find a way to make a bungee cord for Barbie to enjoy from the library balcony without making her head hit the floor and without making the bungee cord too short that Barbie won’t enjoy it. It technically asked me to find a way for Barbie to jump off the library balcony and to go as low as possible without making her head hit the ground. They had also asked me to write an explanation that describes how I can predict…