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Lauren Minchella AP English Language Mrs. Provost November 8, 2006 Barbie: America's Obsession When you picture the perfect body, what image do you get in your mind? Skinny, big-boobed, tiny waist, nice butt...Barbie. If she were to be enlarged to human size, she'd have a 39-inch bust, a 19-inch waist, and a 33-inch buttocks. She'd be over 7 feet tall and weigh an impressive 115 pounds. She's perfect! She has no body hair whatsoever, long, beautiful blonde hair, bright blue eyes, plump lips, long legs, and tiny feet. Since the 1950's, Barbie has been a symbol for females everywhere. She has become more than the doll that Ruth Handler once envisioned as a simple plaything for her daughter, Barbara (the doll's namesake.) Over the years, Barbie has had over 75 careers; she has been everything from a registered nurse to a figure skater to a rock star. Barbie from the beginning represented what the American...

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