What We All Want to Be

The first text that we read I thought was very true on many levels. We all crave to be perfect, whatever image of perfect is thrown at us. Unfortunately it seems as though Barbie is that perfect. Throughout this text it is apparent that the author feels that the Barbie constricts children's view of the possibilities of the world. I personally agree with this idea, whether it is a Barbie or other "perfect" doll little girls all find that they themselves are not perfect in comparison to these plastic role models. The concept of having these other Barbies (Birkenstock Barbie, Bisexual Barbie, Bite-The-Bullet Barbie, Blue Collar Barbie, and others) does not seem to mesh with the worlds ideals, whether we want to or not. Many people would believe that companies that produce these other barbies were trying to confuse and destroy their little girls child hood, while the “normal” Barbie does just the same thing though it lacks the perspective of the rest of the world.

In the handmaids tale you see this happening to the women living in the area. The longer they live there the more they are programmed to be “perfect.” They all are there for the birth of a child, witnessing the job they are also supposed to be fulfilling. While the Barbie shows them what they should look like the women in the Handmaids tale are shown what they are meant to produce.

In the second text I found that the problems the author points out are similar to my complaints when I browse through a magazine.  The models in the pictures are unhealthy, that’s really the only thing to say. The models in pictures, on runways, in movies, are all underweight and its disgusting. Why can’t people be average sized? We have Super Über Skinny models and Plus Size models, what about the NORMAL people? Huh? It appears in the media that being a stick figure with skin is acceptable (though skinnier would be better), or weighty with large curves (stretch marks included) is the only way to go. So either you have to be overweight or underweight. You choose…  Both not the best options in the world but apparently those are the only two body shapes the world interprets as beautiful cause you never see a normal person in a magazine, only one of the two extremes. In this article http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-418780/The-stunning-size-12-model-branded-fat-TV-competition.html the controversy over the weight of models has become appearnt. Now that the public is seeing that the models that they are exposed to are unhealthily skinny people have started to fuss over the images we are trying to get across to younger girls and such.