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...nostalgia the other day, I was intrigued. Showing in New York City this past week was a showcase of giant “My Little Ponies” customized by various artists. But my quest for further information was interrupted by the first glimpse of one done-up-doll. When exactly did “My Little Pony” become anorexic?Perhaps this was just an exaggerated effect, since these 18-inch ponies are for painting, not play, I thought. But confronting the actual My Little Pony toy—the one reintroduced in 2003, after a hibernation which...
...myself had a similar dilemma while in the second grade. During my obsession with the American Girls series of books, dolls, and doll accessories, my mother informed me that I could pick one American Girl doll I wanted for Hanukah. Elated and overwhelmed, I ravaged through the catalogue without leaving a single page unturned. The problem was that while I wanted Samantha (because she was prim, proper, drank tea and ate crumpets, and was of course beautiful), I wanted all of the accessories of Molly (um, a wooden desk, a brown lunch bag with a sandwich and apple...
Let’s suppose that Barbie, in her role as avatar of American pre-teen consumerism, has her mirror image in Fulla, the Syrian-created doll with “Muslim values” today being marketed throughout the Middle East.Barbie, for her part, has become the most grotesque form of our materialistic culture. She is a doll whose disproportionate features, skimpy clothing, and overemphasized fondness for acquiring accessories make her an exponent of a decadent Western culture that holds regrettable sway over young girls.Suppose Fulla was hijacked by radical elements of the Islamic world. Suppose they...
...push Israel into the sea.” This is the prevalent image of Muslim women in today’s Western society—an image that was prominently portrayed in last week’s Salient as an “advertisement” for the Fulla doll (the Middle East’s version of Barbie). After the Salient printed its ad, I was approached (as a Muslim woman) by many students with the same question: “Does this doll really exist?” So, for the record: yes, the doll exists...
...functions on the Harvard campus. For one, facebook.com is a mechanism through which stalking has been made, well, normal. When I was in junior high, this guy named Kevin developed a crush on me. At first, his actions were only slightly strange—he gave me a troll doll at graduation; he commented that he liked my outfit; he asked my friend if I might be interested in him. Then things started to get weird. He called me everyday—five times—and left messages. He wrote a screenplay and read it to me?...