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Recently, Star Wars movie number seven came to theaters all around the United States. With great movies like this one, come many toys and merchandise for the movie. You’d think they would make toys out of all the main characters right? Well they did not. One of the main characters from the movie Rey, was the only main character who did not have that many toys made of her, even though she was the most demanded. The creators claimed that they had plenty of toys planned for Rey, but many believe…

There are many people that working so hard just to get what they need to pay for the product and the life living styles. It is the same as they are using their physical work to solve their daily problem. Their daily are incredibly busy. This involves with capitalism and society. There are also people that are fighting and excited of the new products and the fake nature, instead of thinking and feeling of what they had done so far. In capitalism, it is all about money or money is the only choice…

We cannot avoid advertisement it is everywhere we go. Company and corruption are trying to prompt their products getting their consumer attention resulting to them buying their product. They can do this through mass media. According to Henslin(2014), mass media is a “form of communication, such as radio,newspapers, and television that are directed to mass audiences”(p.84). Ever since we were toddlers, we are exposed to the television and as a result, we are consuming commercial ads. In the…

Sneha Dasgupta Dr. Sheryl Stevenson TRN190 October 26, 2015 Interdependency between Humans and Machines in The Turing Test In the words of Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, the creator of Kismet, one of the first social robots, “Robots are really intriguing social technologies. They touch something deeply human within us.” Yet, in Chris Beckett’s The Turing Test, Jess feels “uneasy” around her new personal assistant, Ellie. Her constant request “to copy myself from time to time to others in your address…

Everyone is self conscious about how they look. However, each person possesses different levels of insecurity. Throughout the poem “Barbie Doll” by Margie Piercy, a girl’s self consciousness overcomes her and forces her to take drastic measures. In the beginning, ”this girlchild was born as usual”(1) and she doesn’t have a care in the world; she lives her life in a drama-free zone. Everything is perfectly fine until the young women goes through puberty and is inevitably made fun of. She excelled…

My doll reflects an intersectional understanding by reinforcing that, the dominant beauty norms can be seen as attractive in the dominant culture, but can be viewed less in another culture. Note that, some countries highly value the norms that my doll portrays. In other words, straight, long, blond hair is a dominant beauty norm in the white culture, but in a black culture, this hair perspective is viewed the same or even less than having a dark, short, curly hair. If my doll does not wear…

Marge Piercy’s poem Barbie Doll depicts how society’s standard for beauty creates a serious body image problem in many individuals especially among women. This standard is full of false ideals which contribute to the altered perception and definition of beauty nowadays. Women are provided with a very fine margin on how to look, dress, and behave to be considered beautiful. Many women of today struggle to keep up with the society’s expectation of women. Some even go as far as getting surgeries…

Barbie dolls have been criticized for portraying an unrealistic figure for females. My question means that how does society’s portrayal of unrealistic body standards affect among teenage girls. Throughout the entire research paper, the question will be further developed into more specific question for the following additional questions such as “Is this affecting how young girls view themselves?” and “Does Barbie dolls contribute to an increased risk of disordered eating and a lowered body…

From the Mattel toy models that young little girls admired on shelves of toy stores and human doll transformations videos that are popular on the internet, Barbie and many other plastic heroines have made a huge influence on today’s modern women. Marge Piercy’s poem, “Barbie Doll”, explores the awkward obstacles of puberty and the pressures of reaching the standards of beauty and acceptance. This story of a young normal girl being conformed into the lifestyle of being “perfect” is a true…

Barbie Doll is a narrative written by jewish-American writer Marge Piercy, it was published in 1971. Piercy writes this poem during an era of second wave feminism (Grimes, Linda. Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll”. Letterpile). This poem is known for it’s message of how society’s expectations were for women and how pressuring it was for them. In this Poem the author uses personification, imagery and metaphor etc, to describe the meaning of this poem, and how the expectations of society can hurt.…