Thank You!!! I was beginning to think that I was the only one having
these thoughts!! I appreciate that Vera's project is probably
well-intended, but Sandi's salient comments need to be seriously
considered. An EcoFem Barbie? What a perfect way to recuperate what
could be radical discourse/practice back into patriarchial project. There
are so many other toys, books, and projects that would be so much more
appropriate for informing emerging ecofeminist attitudes in young people.
Karen B.
On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Sandra Krajewski wrote:
> I am aghast--healthy sustainable barbie is an oxymoron--start with her
> proportions and make her look like women really look in all our diversity
> (not just color) and I'll be she doesn't sell. Barbie is about keeping the
> exercise and diet industry in addition to the cosmetics industry and
> counselors busy--and keeping us busy looking like her. Just changing her
> clothing won't change her impact and then would it be barbie?---Sandi K
> >
> >i am researching for an article that proposes what
> >a feminist Barbie doll would be like. by feminist i
> >mean a broad feminism (a la bell hooks), that challenges
> >all forms of oppression (which BTW includes questioning
> >imperialism). so ideas for the new "barbie" would be:
> >made of sustainable materials, would be produced
> >in decent conditions with a fair trade mechanism of
> >distribution, would send positive messages about womanhood
> >for children (example: outfit for union organizer, peace activist, etc,
> >etc).
> >
> >would anyone like to give a suggestion for their
> >vision of a healthy sustainable barbie?
> >i would be particularly interested in ideas for
> >sustainable materials, production processes that related
> >to community development, and positive roles for the doll.
> >
> >(i'll be happy to give credit where it's due, if
> >article gets published).
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >Vera Britto
> >([EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.umich.edu/~fiatlux)
> >............................................................................
> >Le Bret: Si tu laissais un peu ton ame mousquetaire, la fortune et la
> >gloire... Cyrano: Et que faudrait-il faire? Chercher un protecteur
> >puissant, prendre un patron, et, comme un lierre obscur que circonvient
> >un tronc et s'en fait un tuteur en lui lechant l'ecorce, grimper par
> >ruse au lieu de s'elever par force? Non, merci! Non, merci! Non, merci!
> >Mais... chanter, rever, rire, passer, etre seul, etre libre... oui.
> > "Cyrano de Bergerac" - Edmond Rostand
> >
> >
> >
>
