VLVL2 (9): Barbie doll
Tim Strzechowski
dedalus204 at comcast.net
Sun Nov 2 22:29:13 CST 2003
131.25 ". . . I'd o' brought yiz a Barbie doll"
http://www.barbie.com/
http://www.dollhabit.com/
Barbie is, of course, an immensely paradoxical piece of pop culture. The embodiment of female beauty and perfection, she is nevertheless sexless (physically) and chaste (within the Ken relationship -- have they ever marketed a line of "children" belonging to B and K?); the quintessential girl toy, she today represents the gamut of professional roles available to women in American society (instead of *just* being the classic flight attendant), yet always in possession of a certain female charm rooted, again, in physical appearance.
How appropriate is this pop culture allusion to VL at the moment?
Do any other female characters at this point parallel this Barbie paradox?
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