Evaluation:
Published: 13.04.2002.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Barbie; Destroying Self Images since 1959', 1.
Extract

The thin trend makes headlines in newspapers and magazines all over the world, as well as being the topic of television talk shows and top stories in the news. Companies like Snackwell's and Nutragrain base their success on women's cravings to be thin. The media's attention on the thin and beautiful has opened up women's eyes and sparked a craving for this perfection, based on models and actresses are who television has taught us to believe are beautiful. But the root of the problem stands a little over 11 inches tall and features a moveable head, arms and legs. The culprit's name? Barbie.…

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