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Title: Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy


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Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy
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Marge Piercy
  • Detroit
  • B.A. from the University of of Michigan and M.A.
    from the Northwestern University
  • Teacher
  • Feminist and political
  • Love of nature Jewish heritage

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Barbie Doll
  • This girlhood was born as usual
  • and presented dolls that did pee-pee
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  • and miniature GE stoves and irons
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  • and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy.
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  • Then in the magic of puberty, a classmate said
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  • You have a great big nose and fat legs.
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  • She was healthy, tested intelligent,
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  • possessed strong arms and back,
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  • abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity.
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  • She went to and fro apologizing.
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  • Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs.
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  • She was advised to play coy,
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  • exhorted to come on hearty, ??????
  • exercise, diet, smile and wheedle.
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  • Her good nature wore out ?????????
  • like a fan belt. ????????
  • So she cut off her nose and her legs
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  • and offered them up. ??????????

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  • In the casket displayed on satin she lay
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  • with the undertakers cosmetics painted on,
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  • a turned-up putty nose, ???????,
  • dressed in a pink and white nightie.
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  • Doesnt she look pretty? everyone said.
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  • Consummation at last. ?????????
  • To everywoman a happy ending.
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Translation
  • She was born a common girl. The General Electric
    Company nourishes her. She has lovely plum color
    lips. Owing to the age of puberty, she has big
    nose and fat legs. She is healthy, smart and
    strong. For these reason, people laugh at her.

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  • They want her to play coy, be earnest, doing
    exercise, on a diet, smiling and smooth-tongued.
    Then, she has an anaplastic operation. Hence, she
    becomes a beauty. She lies in exquisite box. She
    has an elegant nose, she put on make up and she
    wears pink and white dress. Everyone says shes
    beautiful. And this is a perfect ending to
    everywoman.

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Comment
  • When talk about Barbie Dolls, what comes to
    your mind directly? Beautiful? Lovely? Colorful?
    They are toy that brings happiness to girls all
    over the world. In this poem, although it
    describes normal features, something got weird.
    Barbie Dolls are described neat but ignorant in
    the poem. Shes compliant, doing what the others
    tell her. And her physical condition was been
    made of. It looks like that Barbie Dolls are only
    superficial. Wheres the real Barbie?

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  • In fact, Barbie has aroused many discussions and
    debates. The first Barbie Doll was made in 1959
    by Mattel Company. No matter girls or boys, young
    or old, almost everyone loves Barbie (at
    sometime). Nowadays, topics that are related
    Barbie are many. Such as reification,
    bodybuilding, love view, feminism and etc. Barbie
    are not just dolls, she has more power than we
    normally think.

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Reference
  • M. G. Lord?,??? ? (2005) Forever Barbie
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  • http//barbie.everythinggirl.com/index.aspx
  • http//www.maccosmetics.com/
  • http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie
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