Barbie Fixation: Busting the Myth

Barbie turned fifty last year, changing little girl’s expectations of glamor and self image. With an ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) figure, her sleek proportions fired the imagination of little goddesses and made myth with her plastic beauty – a candy too sweet. For boys, she was an archetype of physical misrepresentations; a fuel that helped [...]

