Matryoshka doll

4 years ago, I was a part of a fiber arts class at my high school. For our final project, we needed to make either a doll or stuffed animal, & I chose to make a doll, using as many recycled materials as possible in its creation. Turns out this little choice set something huge in motion. Not long after, I found myself in Nicaragua where my family had moved for 6 months, & I encountered poverty like we just don’t see in the US. My heart broke for all the girls that I saw who felt insignificant and…

crucial to their early development, such as the very toys that they play with. Most parents associate young boys with action figures while most girls are commonly associated with dolls, but this begs the question, what is the difference between a doll and an action figure? I went to Walmart to compare two different toys, Barbie dolls and G.I. Joe action figures to see the differences and the possible effects that it could have on children. Upon entering Walmart, I noticed that there was a lack…

Fashions of the 20th Century’ doll is the epitome of the 1930s fashion. The 1930s style is possessed in this collector doll. This doll was released as the third edition in the series of ‘Great Fashions of the 20th Century.’ It became available in stores on January 1st, 1999. The fashions of the Barbie dolls in this collection highlight the biggest style influences of the 30s. This edition of the Barbie Is made specifically with collectors in mind to add these iconic dolls to their collection.…

intersectional analysis of the toy industry would be acknowledging that the toy industry is dangerously creating toys that make children fall into society’s expectations of gender norms. What if boys want to play with a baby doll? Society immediately says that he is gay because he is playing with dolls or that his parents didn’t raise him right. Children are falling into this socialization cycle…

Context: Children got up from the nap time and finished their afternoon snacks, they tidied up and went to play in the classroom. Observation: Stella played in the playhouse area. She took a baby from the bed and cuddled the baby, then sat on the floor. She looked around, stood up, went to the shelf and took out of a basket with clothes for babies. She laid the basket on the table and chose a sweater with colourful line. She put the baby on the table, then unbuttoned the sweater and put the…

From the time that I was a toddler, I was always cheerfully asking my mother for “boy toys” because they allowed creativity to flow. Specifically I wanted the huge Star Wars Lego set of the Death Star because it contained millions of tiny and intricate pieces. Although I was never gifted the Death Star, in replacement my mother would buy me colorful sets that contained instructions for building Lego houses, or making a dog park. Over time, I gradually took all of these figurines that I had…

toy store, and as you're walking down the aisles you notice how the toys are divided. In one of the aisles you see toys such as ‘The Projects’ Building set, and ‘Housekeeper’ dress up kit which includes dolls with darker complexion. You then go to the next aisle that has “Billion Dollar Ken” doll and “Future Architect” building set whose advertisement displays children with lighter complexion. In 2012 The New York Times presented a similar scenario (Sweet, 2012), in which they posed the…

soccer? My older sister and I were going to a friend’s 7th birthday party and we bought her a Barbie doll with some pink tiny accessories. Her name was Hailey. I helped my mom wrap the box with pink sparkly Barbie wrapping paper because she loved Barbie dolls. One time when I went to her house after school, there was a huge Barbie Dream House and then I gave my mom the idea to give her a Barbie doll. When we finally found parking in the very busy parking lot, we found Hailey’s party spot, there…

the words Barbie Doll is spoken or read, the first thought that usually comes to everyone’s mind is the childhood toy of long, lean legs and arms, packaged in bright pink boxes on displays and collections on bedroom shelves. To embrace the image of the doll, teenage girls are situated on an extreme pressure to change who they are these days. The twenty-first century social media and clothing has promoted these skinny, size zero anorexic-looking body type. In the poem, “Barbie Doll,” written by…

Nickolay Lamm designed the Lammily dolls in an effort to change the idea of a "perfect" female's body image. Nickolay Lamm believes the Lammily dolls provide more of a "realistic" image of the average girl than Barbie dolls do. Traditional Barbie dolls that most of us are familiar with reflect the image of a tall, slim, and flawless female. Mr. Lamm conducted extensive research on the average body size of young women today. The Lammily doll is designed to reflect the image of the average 19…