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Barbie's love life !

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Depois de vários anos de namoro descontínuo, Barbie consegue convencer Ken, o seu namorado de longa data, a dar o nó. Vejam a história do casal aqui . Mais curioso ainda é o facto de a Mattel, alinhando-se com as tendências sociais e pretendendo alargar o seu público-alvo, ter criado uma Barbie apoiante dos direitos da comunidade LGTB, mais informação aqui e aqui.

"Barbie Girl"_Aqua

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  "Barbie Girl", Aqua, Aquarium , 1997 Em 2000, a Mattel processou a MCA Records, editora do primeiro álbum dos dinamarqueses Aqua, acusando-os de sexualizar a Barbie (leiam abaixo** a letra da canção) e de ter infringido direitos de autor. Após dois anos, o caso foi arquivado por um juiz do Supremo Tribunal, que considerou a obra uma paródia, evocando a Primeira Emenda à Constituição dos EUA, que impede restrições à liberdade de expressão. Em 2009, relançando o seu mais vendável produto, a Mattel adaptou a música, com um vídeo anódino que podem ver aqui . Há, no entanto, muito mais versões da canção! Logo em 1999, a cantora indonésia Christina Colondam (então com 6 anos de idade) apresenta a versão [pedófila, diria eu] "Boneka Barbie", que podem apreciar e cantar em karaoké aqui . Em 2005, a brasileira Kelly Key lança "Sou a Barbie Girl" (2005), retratando uma protagonista frívola, infantil, vaidosa, manipuladora e mimada, uma verdadeira prince...

+ info sobre a Barbie

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Partilho ainda dois posts realizados por colegas vossos no blogue de Cultura Visual sobre a nossa boneca preferida " The New Barbie Doll ", da Olga Garasymiv e " As crianças e os modelos a seguir ", da Rita Almeida Fonte

"Chinese Female Kung-Fu Superheroes" _more poems on Barbie

Teresa Mei Chuc "Chinese Female Kung-Fu Superheroes" are real. They jump from roof-top to roof-top, do a backward flip down to the concrete floor and land perfectly on two feet.  The metal of swords clang, the body moves with the precision of a praying mantis striking  its prey. Their dresses are colorful, long and lacy, billow and flair with each turn and twist.  Jewelry in the hair dangles and sparkles. Chinese female kung-fu superheroes are smart, fight bad guys, do good deeds, and risk their lives. They appear when least expected. Chinese female kung-fu superheroes never give up. They travel often alone by foot through mountains. They work hard training to master various martial arts forms. They do not care about Barbies , those plastic dolls of only one hair color that just looked pretty in the 80's. They aren't impressed; they do not want a boring life....

"Becoming Seventy" _more poems on Barbie

Joy Harjo   "Becoming Seventy"      …Yes, there’s a cosmic consciousness. Jung named it but it was there long before named by Vedic and Mvskoke scientists. And, there is
  a cosmic hearteousness   —   for the heart is the higher mind and nothing can be forgotten there, no ever or ever. How do I sing this so 
I don’t forget? Ask the poets. Each word is a box that can be opened or closed. Then a train of words, phrases
  garnered by music and the need for rhythm to organize chaos. Like right here, now, in this poem is the transition phase. I remembered it while giving birth, summer sun bearing down on the city melting asphalt but there we were, my daughter
  and I, at the door between worlds. I was happier than ever before to welcome her, happiness was the path she chose to enter, and 
I couldn’t push yet, not yet, and then there appeared a...

"Danger of Falling"_more poems on Barbie

Patricia Goedicke "Danger of Falling"   The way calcium grows all by itself into bone, microscopic fraction attaches itself to fraction or clouds crystallize, or blizzards congeal into hard ice on aluminum wings, even the astronauts’ bodysuits can’t cover up the sheer strangeness of it, the extraordinary being-here or anywhere, the skin of the plane could easily peel back like an ear of corn and then what’s to be seen but who, me? the live, disintegrating, terrified Barbie Doll asks, stuffed into her jeans like a stick of butter, her neat, pointed feet dangerously stuck into sky... but still, teetering down the aisle if anyone bumps her she glares, This Is My Territory, this little packet of a hundred and twenty-two pounds more or less says Move it, Babe, one minute the cold kitchen, next minute Miami Beach, diggi...

Barbie limpa a casa

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"Rare 1993 Barbie Housewife Cooking Fahion . C omplete with apron ,head scarf, cleaning towel, pan with bacon and eggs, (Rare) Aunt Jemima Pancake mix, yellow cake mix, 2 cans of demonte fruit , syrup, and coffe maker , cooking utensils with bonus charm for Barbie bracelet" Fonte Recordem-se que o artigo "The Indignation of Barbie" , da autoria de John Leo, foi publicado em 1992 ( U.S. News & World Report ;10/12/92, Vol. 113, Issue 14, p. 25).

Barbie role models

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Role models e career dools  

Barbie humana

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Olá colegas! Provavelmente vocês estão familiarizados com este tema mas é algo que não poderia deixar de partilhar porque é bastante pertinente tendo em conta o case study sobre a Barbie. Valeria Valeryevna Lukyanova é uma modelo ucraniana de 31 anos considerada a Barbie humana. Para tal, recorreu a diversas cirurgias de forma a atingir medidas semelhantes às da boneca.                                                                                                                                                   Valeria antes e depois das cirurgias O resultado das cirurgias na minha opinião é simple...

The new era of Barbie?

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Ashley Graham is a 29-year-old plus size model that has been breaking barriers in the fashion industry. Graham has been in the cover of the American and the British Vogue , has a swimwear, lingerie and dress line for plus size women, and was the first plus size model to appear on the cover of the magazine Sports Illustrated.  The model is an advocate for body positivity and self-love. She is responsible for the hashtag #BeautyBeyondSize, and has been a huge force in the fashion industry's acceptance of more than the "regular sized" beauty. The model was part of  Glamour 's "Women of the Year" in 2016, and in the same year she was part of  Forbes ' magazine "30 under 30" list. This year Graham's name can be found alongside some pretty big names in  TIME 's magazine "The 100 Most Influential People" list. As we've been studying, Barbie doll has always been associated with unrealistic body images and expectations of ho...

Meghan Trainor_"All about the bass"

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Apesar de esta música já ter sido lançada em 2014, penso que se enquadra bastante bem nos temas que temos vindo a desenvolver em aula e por essa mesma razão decidi publicá-la. Como sabemos existe desde sempre o estigma de que a mulher deve obedecer a determinados parâmetros de beleza, nomeadamente, desde a década de 1960s, ser magra . Esta ideia permanece nos dias de hoje, aplicando-se a várias faixas etárias. Numa entrevista, a cantora Meghan Trainor diz o seguinte a este respeito: "Eu cresci em Nantucket, Massachusetts, e jogava futebol na escola. As minhas amigas eram magras, bonitas e populares, e eu era meio 'a menina gorda'. Um rapaz por quem eu me apaixonei no sétimo uma vez disse-me: 'Serias muito mais bonita se tivesse 10 quilos a menos'. Isso maggou-me. Mas sempre que eu dizia 'sou gorda', a minha mãe respondia— e ainda me diz: 'Meghan, precisas de parar. És bonita. Aproveita isso agora antes que fique velha, olha para o te...

Oh Mrs. Potato Head tell me, is it true that pain is beauty?

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Olá a todos! Venho partilhar aqui dois videoclipes que abordam os textos que temos analisado nas últimas aulas . Ambos são da artista norte-americana Melanie Martinez . A cantora e compositora nasceu em 1995, em Nova Iorque, e participou no programa The Voice USA . As músicas que vos trago fazem parte do seu álbum de estreia Cry Baby (2015) . O álbum conta a história de uma personagem, mas seleccionei apenas duas músicas, são elas, " Dollhouse",  do início do álbum, e " Mrs. Potato Head , uma das últimas músicas. Ambas captam bem a essência da temática das bonecas — a perfeição e as expectativas que minam a vida quotidiana da sociedade contemporânea , mais concretamente dos EUA. Segundo o web site oficial da artista e ainda sobre o álbum para que tenham mais algum contexto antes de ouvir : "Melanie Martinez wants to tell you a story. It’s fictional, but it’s also about her, in a way that’s somewhat exaggerated and darker than reality. The tale t...

perfect women_4

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As I mentioned today in class, I will be redirecting you to a few posts from the Visual Culture blog that address topics recurrent in our syllabus. This particular post has several links to news articles about  i) the history of the most famous doll in the world; ii) the new gang of Barbies that have a more realistic body.

perfect women_3

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Barbie Spy Squad Secret Agent Motorcycle How do images circulate between intersemiotic realms (say Hollywood movies and dolls) in Pop Culture?

perfect women_2

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2016 A new collaboration between the British luxury shoes-and-accessories brand and the world's most famous fashion icon! Inspired by classic Hollywood glamour and designed with a wink of whimsy, this Barbie® doll comes with miniature versions of some of Charlotte Olympia's most recognizable designs – and ‘Bruce’ the brand's leopard mascot! 2014 Tris doll wears her Dauntless training outfit comprised of a long–sleeve shirt with “leather” panels, matching pants and boots. The shirt reveals a glimpse of her tattoo with three ravens. 1974 A very lovely red evening gown and jacket featured white faux fur on the jacket. Red chunky shoes, a white flower on red choker, red princess phone, and corsage completed the set. 1967 This Barbie® doll had a straight leg body and a no twist waist. She wore a hot pink knit two-piece suit with a decorative plastic flower on the hip. Hair was again long with bangs, and came in shades of blond, brown, or titian. 1959...