My point is she will not sell---if you change her body shape she is no
longer Barbie. Sandi K p.s. prove me wrong and I will be delighted.
At 07:48 AM 4/3/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Sandra Krajewski wrote:
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>> 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
>> >
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>Sandra, this is email! do you want a thesis for every
>question? of course it would include changing the body shape
>and ethnic diversity! i thought people thought of
>those things automatically. (much more than they do
>of sustainability and production/consumption processes),
>that's why the examples for new ideas did not include
>body shape, etc.
>please be a little less aghast with jumping to the wrong
>conclusions next time about some of the ideas for
>a healthy barbie.
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>Vera
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>> >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
>> >
>> >
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Sandra Krajewski
Chair, Department of Women's Studies
UW-La Crosse
1725 State Street
Room 337B North Hall
La Crosse, WI 54601
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