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The media must put an end to the unhealthy portrayal of beauty
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You don’t feel like you are pretty enough? Don’t worry I’m here to help you become more of a Barbie.
Now that you have been introduced to the real world, where everyone wants to be the hottest and strives to be perfect, there is no actual limit on how fake you can become. Just ask role model, Valeria Lukyanova, a real life person that looks like the legit Barbie. Someone who eats less than a normal girl believes the way she looks inspires other people to improve their appearance, and live a more active, creative life.
Trust me girls, even if you think you’re ugly, there is still some hope for you. For example, the unfortunate looking Mia Thermopolis from the movie (Princess Diary’s) found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. There was no way that her grandmother was going to allow her to look like a complete mess in front of the entire country. She was turned into a pretty young lady and taught to act like a princess. If Mia can do it… you can too! (Princess Diary’s)
There is always room for perfection, it just depends on your personal desire, and I am here to help you become the most fakest people around town.
1. When you look good, you feel good.
Designer clothes make you feel good and look hotter than everyone else. Before you start to feel bad about the fact that your jeans don’t look quite as cool as your favorite “celeb”, consider to change your life right then and there. Don’t walk around wearing your new Kohl’s pants and Target sweatshirt, you WILL be judged. People hold other people in higher regard simply if they’re wearing clothes with designer label. Hilary Duff doesn’t walk around in her 40 dollar jeans… wake up! She’s wearing Prada, Guess, and another brand name that you don’t have in your cl...
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... to be discussed is act like a “Mean girl.” Just act like Regina George, she has power. She knows everything about everyone and is really intimidating. Regina is always ready with an insult. If someone is trying to give you a hard time, give them a harder time back.
Regina George stopped her “friend” in the hallway with the vintage skirt and told her she loved it and then she turned around and made a puking noise. This gave her all the power in the world because she thinks Regina is nice and actually likes her. But in reality, Regina just wanted to acquire all the power and make people think that she’s perfect (Mean Girls).
A pretty face can be a source of lifelong advantages, while being unattractive is a source of disadvantage. Nothing is better than being perfect. So why not just follow these six easy steps to becoming a Barbie and you’ll have perfect life.
Her character and personality is a prime example of perfectionism. In the movie, she secures the title of “queen bee” within her group of friends. Regina controlled her friends on what to believe, what to say, and even what to wear. Showing no signs of sympathy, Regina refused to allow anyone below her standards of ideal into her small group of friends. Quickly, she mastered superiority making not only her friends feel inferior but also other peers. Annoyed at Regina’s manipulating, controlling, and self-centered ways, Regina’s group of friends turn their back to her. In the end, Regina loses her friends and becomes hated as a result of her perfectionism. Regina’s perfectionism leads to her social
“If Barbie was designed by a man, suddenly a lot of things made sense to me,” says Emily Prager in her essay “Our Barbies, Ourselves” (Prager 354). Prager’s purpose for writing this essay is to explain the history of Barbie and how the doll itself has influenced and continue to influence our society today. Prager is appealing to the average girl, to those who can relate to the way she felt growing up with Barbie seen as the ideal woman. Emily Prager uses a constant shift between a formal and informal tone to effectively communicate her ideas that we view women today based upon the unrealistic expectations set forth by Barbie. By adopting this strategy she avoids making readers feel attacked and therefore
This leadership style has a strong focus on task requirements and less emphasis on concerns for people. When she asked for something she wanted it done immediately with no regard to what the needs of her followers were. When Gretchen wanted to make the word “fetch” a trend at school Regina halted her and demanded that she stop. On the other hand Regina’s mother, Mrs. George had a country club (1,9) leadership style. She was more concerned with being the “cool mom” than being an authoritative figure. This is reflected in the scene where she meets Cady for the first time she emphasized that there were no rules in her house and even went as far as to offer 16 year old Cady alcohol. She was exceptionally eager to be “in the mix” with the girls, making more of a friend than a parent.
For starters the title, “Barbie Doll” holds a meaning. It symbolizes the ideal figure of a female body. Society creates this ideal that is embed into every century. It is never ending. It is intended that she must have the twig like arms and legs, the minuscule waist and nose,
Regina George is a junior in high school who is described as teen royalty. As the leader of her clique referred to as “The Plastics”, she rules the school with her best friends Gretchen Weiners and Karen Smith loyally at her side. The three girls feed off of tearing the other girls in the school down and diminishing them by writing awful rumors and secrets in the “Burn Book”. With her tall and skinny physique, bright blonde hair and good-looks, she uses her sex appeal and superiority to manipulate and victimize the people around her including her family. Regina easily controls her family members. Her mother worships the ground Regina walks on and desperately looks to her for acceptance. Her ability to make other girls at school feel inferior fuels her power, as queen bee Regina is seen as the “it” girl. Everyone wants to look like her, dress like her, and be just like her. She uses her sex appeal to get any guy she wants and dangles them around everyone else to make them jealous.
Elinor expects high expectations from Merida to conform to the traditional ways of a Scottish royal with out explaining much of what Merida should do. Merida’s outcome of rebellion towards her mother is shown throughout the movie, which is also part of the suggested outcome of a child under the authoritarian parenting style. In the film Mean Girls, Regina Georges mom, Mrs. George, is displayed as a mother who uses the permissive style of parenting. Mrs. George is a very relaxed parent and does not enforce strict rules on any of the girls and never uses punishment on them. In result Regina George matches the suggested outcomes of a child under the parenting style of permissive. Regina George does not accept her responsibility of the “Burn Book” but blames it on Cady instead; thus showing the characteristic of give-and-take of peer
I started the interview off by asking a very arcane and confusing question to Regina; what makes you, you? She was flabbergasted and didn’t know how to respond. She stumbled and stuttered to say almost nothing for about three minutes. Then she started to talk and talk she did. She summarized her comments with “People grow up all coming from all different kinds of places, backgrounds and families. They will all have different identities. Gender affects the decisions made by people. Their identity and the nature of the person make them act the way they do. Nobody is the same and ...
Because girls are impressionable at all ages, Barbie targets young girls to fantasize about being perfect. Girls look at Barbie and believe they can obtain all of her attributes, while in reality that would be impossible. Having a goal to be an astronaut or pediatrician seems probable at young ages, but the image of Barbie and all of her successes are never a result of schooling, hardships, or any stresses that would face them today. A fantasy world is built up and is deemed probable because of the one-sided point of view of Barbie. Slumber Party Barbie was introduced in 1965 and came with a bathroom scale permanently set at 110 lbs with a book entitled: ‘How to Lose Weight” with directions inside simply stating ‘Don’t eat.’
Hellman’s portrayal of Regina shows her as the wickedest character. This serves as a foundation to the message that when women are powerless they will do anything to over come it (Friedman 81). Regina shows her true nature towards the end of the play. Regina was forced to stay with Horace after she married him because she had none of her own financial backing. Since Hellman had equated money with independence Regina has no choice but to stay with Horace until she gains her own money and in turn her independence. Her strife for independence highlights her feminist nature. She is willing to endure unhappiness for as long as it takes to be independent (Friedman 82). Regina appears cold and conniving. While her husband lays dying in the house, she tells her bothers and Leo that she can put them in jail for what they have done all while keeping it unknown that she does not really know what happened. Her calm and calculating demeanor as she negotiates shows her as a very focused person. Even though her husband lies dying she only appears to care about her money and how she can manipulate her brothers to her advantage (Galens 166). Regina says that she marries Horace solely for his money and status. She stats that she hates him and cannot wait until he dies. This outburst that shows Regina’s true feelings allows the reader to see her as a feminist in a way. She was so determined to get what she wanted that she bounded herself in a situation that she abhors for years just for a chance to achieve her goal (Galens 156). At the end of the play Alexandra ask her mother is she afraid (225). This line parallels the one in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf. This gives the idea that Regina only terrorized others as a coping mechanism to get over her own fears. Regina’s ability to overcome her fears shows her feminist side despite the immoral methods she chose (lord 146).
Those perfect days as a child when your countless days were filled with playtime. The time to set up those houses and dress the dolls up, and act out the future. “Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult world around them. They would sit and carry on conversations, making the dolls real people” (Ruth Handler). As a young child, it is all you look forward to in your future: being successful and confident, loved and cherished. Many dolls were used to project this. Specifically, the Barbie. Barbie is a positive role model girl should look up to for confidence and inspiration. She is a talented and educated career woman, self-sufficient in every aspect of her life, and a stunning example to young girls the body that is healthy and fit.
For instance, in a ritual-like scene, Regina starts whining about how her hips are huge and the other girls naturally follow her with complains about themselves.
Regina George was cruel to a lot of her peers, some may compare her to Hitler. Since Regina George was the gossip leader of Mean Girls, something bad was bound to happen. Once, girls find out about what others say about them they let their emotions take over. Girls know that if you mess with ones emotion, it is easier to take them down. Like when the girls tried to take Regina’s boyfriend and to make her fat.
His behavior can affect Ms. Loviet’s and Bellinda’s emotions, also his friends’ opinions. Mr. Dorimant plays tricks to make his mistress Mr. Loviet angry and jealous. At the same time, his affairs make the other mistress of him, Bellinda worries a lot. In his group, his friends Medley, Young Bellair and Lady Townley all follow and idolize him, even they know Dorimant’s affairs. He is the bellwether in his group. In Mean girls, Regina is also play the role like Dorimant in her group “the plastics”. She is the queen on the campus and she determine the fashion and behavioral rules. Her every move is watched and mimicked by other students. For example, she wears the T-shirt with two holes which was cut by Janis (Lizzy Caplan) and walks round on campus and then every one wears their T-shirts with two hole. Regina is a fashion icon and other students imitate her moves even her embarrassing thing. Furthermore, people proud of being noticed by Regina, even being teased, mocked, and satirized. As the key figure in the group, both of them are enjoying the pleasure of being sought after and the vanity which was feed by people’s
Regina Maywack lived just down the road from me. Before 5th grade I never knew who she was. As the year progressed we got closer and closer. Regina was extremely talented. She was, in my mind, a genius; she loved school and always did well. She was also blessed with athletic ability. Something I respected since most other kids we knew weren't involved in sports. No matter what day it was I always went to school knowing that Regina would be there with a smile on her face. It seemed as though she didn't have a care in the world. There were days I would show up mad at something my parents had done, or at something that hadn't gone my way, and she would just look at me with those honest eyes and tell me to be thankful for the good things.
What is the Barbie syndrome ? a question posed by many that glace through the title on the top of this paper As defined by Farlex “The drive, often of adolescent girls, to attain impossible standards of beauty, projected by toys—e. g., Mattel’s Barbie Doll—and the media, resulting in failure and frustration, issues related to body image, eating disorders, and self-image," this is a formal definition of the Barbie syndrome.The people that the Barbie syndrome it effects are widespread and is not inclusive to women this syndrome also affects men to. causing much damage to their mental and physical health. Britannica Encyclopedia states that “Barbie is a plastic doll, 11.9 inches tall, with the figure of an adult woman that was introduced in 1959 by Mattel Inc.”1