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noticed right away the division of color's for sections marketed to different genders. The first isle I walked into was full of vivid in bright pink and purple colors. The isle had toys most likely marketed to girls, since some of the toys consisted of dolls, princesses, small purses, kitchens, and babies. It never caught my attention how it's the packaging for such toys are full of pink color and how they stand out to show the toy. In addition, it's evident that such isle was intended to be just for toys

Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll” describes a woman who has only been seen for the different qualities of her appearance and not her many great personality traits. This girl is constantly put down and asked to change for the purpose of being more like other girls, but this prospect of having nothing left of herself has brought her to a dark place. This poem uses imagery and figurative language to explain that society often forces young women to change different aspects of themselves in order to be accepted

A.M. Homes' short story "A Real Doll" gives pursuers a provocative plot and portrayal that connects with pursuers from the first sentence. She conveys to the bleeding edge strife, hostility, and issues with sexuality. These subjects are basically forbidden in American culture and Homes pulls no punches in her writing. Everything that stay implied in our family units are proudly uncovered in this story. It is Homes' utilization of analogies and steady redundancy in a casual way, and then again that

You may have heard of this so-called thing called a ‘white girl.’ What exactly is this creature? Well . . . they are swarming across the internet, high school hallways, and college campuses. These girls are so basic that they are taking over the world faster than Donald Trump and Daniel with the white Vans. Let me show you how to spot a “Basic White Girl” as I sip my skinny vanilla latte with soy milk no foam, from Starbucks. Basic white girls, also known as BWG, will cringe if you step on their

Reign was what you may have looked at as a normal nine year old girl. However she was far from that. Like an average nine year old girl she loved to watch the Disney Channel and play with Barbie dolls, but inside she always felt different she didn’t know why but she just did. One day as she sat quietly in the corner reading a book she heard a loud noise. Jumping up she ran to her mother’s room where she assumed the noise came from. Her mom was on the floor face down screaming out in pain. Instantly

The twentieth century in comparison to today is drastically different. Even when it comes to small things like Girl Scouts! As history goes on Girl Scouts has continued to progress as well. A small group that was formed over one hundred years ago has grown into a global movement, in over ninety-two countries. Girl Scouts is a very different female program than it was in the twentieth century because the cookies and other products have changed, the uniforms are different, and there are many new levels

This article details the different ways that gender is socialized through children’s toys and how drastically this mechanism has changed throughout time. This doesn’t stop at toys but goes as far as sexualized Halloween and dress up costumes. Girl’s costumes more often portray sexualized appearances while boy’s costumes often resemble “masculine” characters. These toys and costumes can influence what direction a child’s life will take with regards to college major, occupation and societal roles.

We are back with more interesting facts about everyone's favorite childhood game, the Tamagotchi. Check our part two of our list below! Number Seven: It Was Conceived by a Woman Maita Aki, a young Japanese woman who worked for Bandai at the time, came up with the idea; she envisioned a little pet you could carry with you everywhere that left no mess at home. And that’s how tamagotchis were born. Aki always lived in the shadow of the toy company that popularized the product and got virtually no

Barbie, Seeing Things Others Do Not Izzy (latter change to Elliot) and Ruth Handler were husband and wife that complemented each other's skills when it came to business. Elliot was the dreamer, who I have often refer to in business as the Oracle or someone that can see things that other can not. Ruth, by contrast, had a business mind and is what I like to call the General. They had two kids named Barb and Ken. Together Elliot and Ruth started a toy company they called Mattel. Elliot's first product

Barbie dolls are found in many households where young girls reside. The Barbie, with unrealistic physical features is the epitome of what society expects a woman to look like. In the 21st century, society has created unrealistic standards of beauty and encourages young girls to look and act a certain way. The poem “Barbie Doll” written by Marge Piercy uses the concept of the Barbie doll to show just how much society controls the standards of beauty and what extents people will go through to fulfill