You don’t feel like you are pretty enough? Don’t worry I’m here to help you become more of a Barbie.
Now that you have been introduced to the real world, where everyone wants to be the hottest and strives to be perfect, there is no actual limit on how fake you can become. Just ask role model, Valeria Lukyanova, a real life person that looks like the legit Barbie. Someone who eats less than a normal girl believes the way she looks inspires other people to improve their appearance, and live a more active, creative life.
Trust me girls, even if you think you’re ugly, there is still some hope for you. For example, the unfortunate looking Mia Thermopolis from the movie (Princess Diary’s) found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. There was no way that her grandmother was going to allow her to look like a complete mess in front of the entire country. She was turned into a pretty young lady and taught to act like a princess. If Mia can do it… you can too! (Princess Diary’s)
There is always room for perfection, it just depends on your personal desire, and I am here to help you become the most fakest people around town.
1. When you look good, you feel good.
Designer clothes make you feel good and look hotter than everyone else. Before you start to feel bad about the fact that your jeans don’t look quite as cool as your favorite “celeb”, consider to change your life right then and there. Don’t walk around wearing your new Kohl’s pants and Target sweatshirt, you WILL be judged. People hold other people in higher regard simply if they’re wearing clothes with designer label. Hilary Duff doesn’t walk around in her 40 dollar jeans… wake up! She’s wearing Prada, Guess, and another brand name that you don’t have in your cl...
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... to be discussed is act like a “Mean girl.” Just act like Regina George, she has power. She knows everything about everyone and is really intimidating. Regina is always ready with an insult. If someone is trying to give you a hard time, give them a harder time back.
Regina George stopped her “friend” in the hallway with the vintage skirt and told her she loved it and then she turned around and made a puking noise. This gave her all the power in the world because she thinks Regina is nice and actually likes her. But in reality, Regina just wanted to acquire all the power and make people think that she’s perfect (Mean Girls).
A pretty face can be a source of lifelong advantages, while being unattractive is a source of disadvantage. Nothing is better than being perfect. So why not just follow these six easy steps to becoming a Barbie and you’ll have perfect life.
Her character and personality is a prime example of perfectionism. In the movie, she secures the title of “queen bee” within her group of friends. Regina controlled her friends on what to believe, what to say, and even what to wear. Showing no signs of sympathy, Regina refused to allow anyone below her standards of ideal into her small group of friends. Quickly, she mastered superiority making not only her friends feel inferior but also other peers. Annoyed at Regina’s manipulating, controlling, and self-centered ways, Regina’s group of friends turn their back to her. In the end, Regina loses her friends and becomes hated as a result of her perfectionism. Regina’s perfectionism leads to her social
For instance, in a ritual-like scene, Regina starts whining about how her hips are huge and the other girls naturally follow her with complains about themselves.
When Regina starts dating Aaron again and when she was purposely dangling Aaron in front of Cady to make her jealous, (Regina: Cady, will you please tell him his hair looks sexy pushed back) she wants to settle the dispute like an animal, her id impulse taking control in her head. But her ego inhibits the impulse, makes her realize that won’t be an acceptable way to channel out her anger and thus abides by the social rules of ‘girl world’ and thinks of other ways to sabotage Regina but in more acceptable ways. (Giving her Kalteen bars to make her fat, giving her facial cleansing gel which actually contains intensive moisturizing foot cream, making Regina’s gang of plastics against her etc. were more acceptable ways to channel out her anger.) Wanting to destroy her can also be related to aggressive instinct, which according to Freud was a major derivate of death instinct, and whereby individuals try to destroy others or
Barbie’s human body size characteristic may be unrealistic, but the doll isn’t a human shrunk down to play size. For instance, in the movie “Life-Sized” a girl’s doll comes to life. While it may be that in this movie the doll had a hard time adapting to life as a human, she eventually got the gist of having a career and living life the way everyone wanted
Not many arguments or tests are done on the positive effects of Barbie. Sure, she is a role model but what about when girls set goals for themselves and later in life do not meet these expectations? Unlike Barbie, most of these goals are unrealistic and cannot be met. Barbie provies alternatives to the female stereotype of a mother and wife, but marriage isn’t perfect like the way it is portrayed. She goes through absolutely no struggles.
Elinor expects high expectations from Merida to conform to the traditional ways of a Scottish royal with out explaining much of what Merida should do. Merida’s outcome of rebellion towards her mother is shown throughout the movie, which is also part of the suggested outcome of a child under the authoritarian parenting style. In the film Mean Girls, Regina Georges mom, Mrs. George, is displayed as a mother who uses the permissive style of parenting. Mrs. George is a very relaxed parent and does not enforce strict rules on any of the girls and never uses punishment on them. In result Regina George matches the suggested outcomes of a child under the parenting style of permissive. Regina George does not accept her responsibility of the “Burn Book” but blames it on Cady instead; thus showing the characteristic of give-and-take of peer
Regina strives for excellence, but other than her inspiring life, she shall first be recognized for more than what she does but for who she is, like her personality; beautiful, awesome and amazing, outgoing and funny, exhilarating and adventurous, goofy and silly, caring and kind, sweet, a perfect character, there is never a dull moment when hanging out with her. Though she has her serious moments, when it comes to having fun, she knows how to embrace herself. When music plays, she dances and sings, and does not care what she looks like or who is around. Sometimes showing your complete self is hard, but Regina is 100% herself. The times she hangs out with her girls or sometimes, even her brother, well, lets just say it is all laughs and giggles from there. Speaking of her brother, siblings fight daily and they have their differences, but Regina shows the roll of a wonderful big sister. Yes, some days her brother drives her crazy, but she would do absolutely anything for him, as well as her friends and family. There are times when she places herself before others, but she deserves that because she places others before herself the majority of the time. Regina likes to joke...
His behavior can affect Ms. Loviet’s and Bellinda’s emotions, also his friends’ opinions. Mr. Dorimant plays tricks to make his mistress Mr. Loviet angry and jealous. At the same time, his affairs make the other mistress of him, Bellinda worries a lot. In his group, his friends Medley, Young Bellair and Lady Townley all follow and idolize him, even they know Dorimant’s affairs. He is the bellwether in his group. In Mean girls, Regina is also play the role like Dorimant in her group “the plastics”. She is the queen on the campus and she determine the fashion and behavioral rules. Her every move is watched and mimicked by other students. For example, she wears the T-shirt with two holes which was cut by Janis (Lizzy Caplan) and walks round on campus and then every one wears their T-shirts with two hole. Regina is a fashion icon and other students imitate her moves even her embarrassing thing. Furthermore, people proud of being noticed by Regina, even being teased, mocked, and satirized. As the key figure in the group, both of them are enjoying the pleasure of being sought after and the vanity which was feed by people’s
First, Barbie’s body size is a negative influence on girls everywhere. “If Barbie were flesh-and-blood woman, her waist would be 39% smaller than that of anorexic patients, and her body weight would be so low that she would not be able to menstruate." –Developmental Psychology If Barbie was a real person her body measurements would be 36-18-33 (Czeck). She would be 5’ 6” and 110 lbs (Czeck). That is simply unrealistic. A woman of healthy weight has a body size of 36-24-36 (Body). A plastic doll has caused girls and women all over the world to feel insecure about who they are and what they look like. Cindy Jackson was so heavily influenced by Barbie that she underwent 20 plastic surgeries! In all she paid around $55, 000 because she wanted to look more like Barbie (Hoskins). Parents are concerned for their children. They believe her unrealistic features and body will make their daughters think that they have to look like her in order to be accepted in society (Lambie). Next, different Barbie’s send different messages to those who play with them; for example, the slumber party Barbie...
Regina George is a junior in high school who is described as teen royalty. As the leader of her clique referred to as “The Plastics”, she rules the school with her best friends Gretchen Weiners and Karen Smith loyally at her side. The three girls feed off of tearing the other girls in the school down and diminishing them by writing awful rumors and secrets in the “Burn Book”. With her tall and skinny physique, bright blonde hair and good-looks, she uses her sex appeal and superiority to manipulate and victimize the people around her including her family. Regina easily controls her family members. Her mother worships the ground Regina walks on and desperately looks to her for acceptance. Her ability to make other girls at school feel inferior fuels her power, as queen bee Regina is seen as the “it” girl. Everyone wants to look like her, dress like her, and be just like her. She uses her sex appeal to get any guy she wants and dangles them around everyone else to make them jealous.
Regina George was cruel to a lot of her peers, some may compare her to Hitler. Since Regina George was the gossip leader of Mean Girls, something bad was bound to happen. Once, girls find out about what others say about them they let their emotions take over. Girls know that if you mess with ones emotion, it is easier to take them down. Like when the girls tried to take Regina’s boyfriend and to make her fat.
What is the Barbie syndrome ? a question posed by many that glace through the title on the top of this paper As defined by Farlex “The drive, often of adolescent girls, to attain impossible standards of beauty, projected by toys—e. g., Mattel’s Barbie Doll—and the media, resulting in failure and frustration, issues related to body image, eating disorders, and self-image," this is a formal definition of the Barbie syndrome.The people that the Barbie syndrome it effects are widespread and is not inclusive to women this syndrome also affects men to. causing much damage to their mental and physical health. Britannica Encyclopedia states that “Barbie is a plastic doll, 11.9 inches tall, with the figure of an adult woman that was introduced in 1959 by Mattel Inc.”1
Those perfect days as a child when your countless days were filled with playtime. The time to set up those houses and dress the dolls up, and act out the future. “Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult world around them. They would sit and carry on conversations, making the dolls real people” (Ruth Handler). As a young child, it is all you look forward to in your future: being successful and confident, loved and cherished. Many dolls were used to project this. Specifically, the Barbie. Barbie is a positive role model girl should look up to for confidence and inspiration. She is a talented and educated career woman, self-sufficient in every aspect of her life, and a stunning example to young girls the body that is healthy and fit.
Hellman’s portrayal of Regina shows her as the wickedest character. This serves as a foundation to the message that when women are powerless they will do anything to over come it (Friedman 81). Regina shows her true nature towards the end of the play. Regina was forced to stay with Horace after she married him because she had none of her own financial backing. Since Hellman had equated money with independence Regina has no choice but to stay with Horace until she gains her own money and in turn her independence. Her strife for independence highlights her feminist nature. She is willing to endure unhappiness for as long as it takes to be independent (Friedman 82). Regina appears cold and conniving. While her husband lays dying in the house, she tells her bothers and Leo that she can put them in jail for what they have done all while keeping it unknown that she does not really know what happened. Her calm and calculating demeanor as she negotiates shows her as a very focused person. Even though her husband lies dying she only appears to care about her money and how she can manipulate her brothers to her advantage (Galens 166). Regina says that she marries Horace solely for his money and status. She stats that she hates him and cannot wait until he dies. This outburst that shows Regina’s true feelings allows the reader to see her as a feminist in a way. She was so determined to get what she wanted that she bounded herself in a situation that she abhors for years just for a chance to achieve her goal (Galens 156). At the end of the play Alexandra ask her mother is she afraid (225). This line parallels the one in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf. This gives the idea that Regina only terrorized others as a coping mechanism to get over her own fears. Regina’s ability to overcome her fears shows her feminist side despite the immoral methods she chose (lord 146).
When I was very young, I owned very many Barbie dolls. To me, they were just so beautiful, and flawless, and I loved them very much. But the Barbie that said the most to me was the President Barbie. This spoke to me. It said that anyone, anywhere, of any gender, socioeconomic status, background, sexuality, ethnicity, race, or belief system could be anything they ever wanted to be, as long as they worked hard enough to achieve it. And this is a very important message, and it is a message that Barbie sends to people every day, all over the world.