Ruth Handler

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…

United States Department of ART AND SCIENCE The Pencil of Castilian Silhouette Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao Spain All copyrights reserved, USA STORY BOOK: The Pencil of Castilian Silhouette Characters: Mrs. Tulip Pineapple, Castilian Silhouette, Art, Melody, Camellia and Jolly Location: Bilbao, Spain and New York, NY Preface This elegant children manuscript is a non-fiction concept and true short story about a mother and daughter, who decide to travel to the Guggenheim Museum to research…

It is not difficult to see why one barbie doll is sold every three seconds. Her perfect hair, stunning body and natural good looks, who wouldn’t want to play with her? Barbie first came out in 1959 and over the course of her fifty - six years, she has impacted the lives of children in many positive but also negative ways. There has been many discussions on Barbies perfected look and whether or not this brainwashes the youth of today. When Barbie came out in 1959 it was shocking to see such an…

The short story, “Barbie-Q”, was written by Sandra Cisneros. This story is about two sisters growing up in a lower-class family. It is told in second person by one of the sisters. This provides the reader with undertones of naivety. We see in “Barbie-Q” that even the simplest of things can bring joy to an innocent child’s life. The story starts off with the narrator explaining her and her sister’s Barbie dolls. The author did not give any of the characters names, instead she uses “you” and…

Ever had a Barbie doll? I know everyone has! The first Barbie doll came out in 1959! Around 350,000 Barbie dolls were sold during the first year of production. So the question is Barbie dolls good or bad? Well in 1965 Mattel came out with a new “Slumber Party Barbie” that had a scale set to 110 pounds and a book entitled “How to Lose Weight.” Inside the book it had the advice specifically said “Don’t Eat.” After this doll came out Barbie’s sells drastically dropped! So Mattel came out and said…

First, let me say that there are a lot of styles of necklaces, at least if you describe a necklace as the whole combo –chain plus anything added to it. The types I describe as “push present necklaces” for the sake of this article are ones that are easily linked to the birthing occasion in some way OR styles that are considered classics, appropriate for any occasion. If you are leaning toward buying a necklace, by the end of this article you should be able to narrow your search to a particular…

Throughout our lives we are all bombarded by the hate of society telling us that we are not enough. We are told that we have to change ourselves in order to “fit in”. Through the media, advertising, and the people we see everyday we are pressured to conform and unfortunately, many of us feel that we need to. But when does this start to effect us? Many people believe that it starts at an early age and that things, such as the famous Barbie doll, are the gateways to low self esteem and the “real”…