Our Barbies, Ourselves Do you consider Barbie perfect? She is, after all, the "ideal woman." Emily Prager discusses in "Our Barbies, Ourselves," how Barbie has been wrongly subjected as the perfect woman throughout her existence. Prager maintains a strong argument throughout he...

Trying to fit the mold Marge Piercy's poem "Barbie Doll" is an illustration of the pressure that is put on today's women. Young girls are expected to look and act a certain way that is dictated by an unwritten set of rules of our society. Girls are taught very early i...

Trying to fit the mold Marge Piercy’s poem “Barbie Doll” is an illustration of the pressure that is put on today’s women. Young girls are expected to look and act a certain way that is dictated by an unwritten set of rules of our society. Girls are taught very ear...