the company Naturally Perfect, a company that creates colored dolls, in a market, which lacks dolls for African-American and Black girls. Founders of Naturally Perfect, Angelica and Jason, created their company after their daughter was discontent and deeply influenced by how there were no dolls that resembled her, “Like most young girls with kinky/curly hair, my daughter Sophia was not happy with her kinks and curls because of the doll I was putting in her hands every day. Sophia wanted long straight
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"New Barbie Ad Features a Fabulous First." An article written by Elizabeth Moore from Newser.com explains the shocking ad released by Mattel's Barbie, a brand that has been advertised at young girls for years. The ad was the first to have a young boy as the star of the commercial. This ad came out in 2015 but represents one of the biggest topics of this century: Gender. How many genders are there? What are genders? Are genders assigned at birth, or should a child grow into it? Many people have individual
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like my sister Ali?” said an awestruck 4 year old Katie vonErden. Before I can even remember, my parents have always sensed my adoration and passion for the miracle of life, babies specifically. No matter the setting, I was always toting my own baby dolls in pretty pink, floral carriages and feeding them generously from miniature baby bottles. Eyes beaming and my mouth never losing its delighted smile, I’d always love “playing mother”. Never missing a beat, from the sunrise to sundown I spent most of
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In today’s society we look at women and think that we are supposed to look like Barbie, but in reality most of us are like Venus de Willendorf. By looking at the different cultures throughout the ages, beauty of a woman is much more than what she looks like. It is also what a woman’s body can produce and withstand and what is within her. Past cultures show us something that our modern culture tends to forget; that beauty of a woman is more than what she may look like, a woman’s beauty is something
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Pussycat Dolls “BUTTONS” -Music Writing Task With over 82 million views just from YouTube, the music video “Buttons” has definitely influenced the viewers unknowingly. It was unsurprisingly easy to find a video to discuss about gender and even throughout the video none of the actions or contents surprised me. Why? The Pussycat Dolls are being portrayed as sex objects. (I am straightforward, I know) This was distinctively shown through their actions and costumes throughout the video. The movements
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believe that these ladies are in full control of their actions on stage or their look; I want to see what affects the performance could have on not only American viewers, but Muslim viewers, as well as the performers, themselves. The Pussycat Dolls famous record “Don’t Cha” includes words that could be considered all kinds of things; they could definitely be considered unladylike if put in the wrong hands. In today’s society, women have a different kind of power that some cultures- -and simply
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Four new studies offer powerful evidence of the dangers of smoking and the health benefits of quitting or not being exposed to secondhand smoke. Smoking in the UK– Between 1996 and 2001 the Million Women Study started following more than one million women aged 50 to 65 years of age. In a report published in the Lancet, trial investigators, including renowned epidemiologist Richard Peto, found that 12-year mortality was significantly higher in women with a history of smoking compared to women who
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Love Doll: A fable Love Doll is a fable written by Joe R. Lansdale in 1991. It is a short story about a man, who buys a plastic love doll, because, as he says in the first line of the story, wants to fuck something that he doesn’t have to talk to. He names her Madge. The story follows him and Madge, and how their relationship develops. What at first started as a toy for him, soon becomes a girlfriend who perfectly soothes his needs; she cooks for him, she fuck him and she keeps the house clean.
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ideas about the world” Ideas about the world can often be thought provoking and challenge our initial views through distinctive and unique voices that are presented to us throughout texts. This notion is evident within “summer of the Seventeenth Doll” directed by Ray Lawler, which provokes ideas about the world, influenced by unique characterisation that portrays the role of Men and Women in Australia during the 1950’s. Similarly, the ABC’s television episode, “Stand Up” in the series ‘Redfern
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Lamb of god Rise against Avenged sevenfold Crossfade Papa roach¨ Block party Guns'n'Roses - Sweet child o mine My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade System of a Down - Down with the Sickness Goo Goo Dolls – Slide Bryan Adams - Summer of 69 Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit Alkaline Trio - Time To Waste creed my sacrifice The Animals - House of the Rising Sun I Wanna Touch You Maximes X.T.V Feat Jenna C - Show Me Love (DJ Ectic V's Tin Tin Mix) MAXIMES - LOOK AT ME NOW
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