Analyzing Barbie's A Doll

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The picture illustrates a short haired blonde, caucasian woman posing naked with a doll in front of a wall that is a similar tone of color as herself. The woman has soft almond shaped brown eyes, a natural arch eyebrows and full, plumped lips. As for her body, she is nicely proportionate in terms of the fact that she is neither extremely skinny nor overweight. Although her breast is hidden behind her hands, it is noticeably evident that they are a normal size for her body shape. However, her natural beauty is overlooked due to the countless of small, dashed lines that is drawn on her body. The implication of the lines indicate that it is Barbie’s proportions and measurements that is drawn onto the woman’s exposed body proving the pressure of

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