Dove

 The Dove Evolution

The link above takes you to a really interesting You Tube video made by Dove, showing the effects of airbrushing and photo editing. Take a look if you haven't seen it before!!

Barbie Colony

The reading that took me most by surprise was The Barbie Murders in Mondo Barbie. The first thing that popped into my head when reading this entry was the Stepford Wives...a crazy clan/cult of women who strive for perfection and identicalness, although the reading was a bit more intense. Why did all of these people, both women and men, choose to go through the physical process of becoming a "barbie"? Why would they want to loose their name and identity to become someone whose life is planned out for them and exactly the same as so many others?

As quoted from the reading, " 'No you don't understand. It is true that this body had a name at one time. But it has been wiped from this one's mind. It would cause this one a great deal of pain to be reminded of it.' She stumbled verbally every time she said 'this one'. " Every person that joined this colony of barbies lost all previous identity and became part of a "one".

I found it interesting in the article that the barbies were referred to as she. Further along in the reading they discuss that the barbies have no genitals, just  an opening for the urethra and the anus. The genitals are either sewed up or removed which is absolutely insane. So why does the author of this piece keep referring to the barbies as "she"? They technically have no gender. Breasts with out nipples, are they really breasts?

Overall this reading was just so intriguing to me, the fact that there was a goddess barbie punishing all the other pervert barbies in the colony because they were sexually curious is idiotic. Even more idiotic is that all of the barbies were so similar and the same that there was no way to prove the killer. WHY on earth would anyone want to be a barbie? Embrace your individuality!!!

Equestrian Barbie

I found this image and thought I would share, maybe the picture will help the computer game make more sense!

Introduction!

Hello all - - - My name is Megan Chalk and I am a current Junior here at Ohio University. I am a Pre-Social Work major, applying to the actual major this quarter. I spent my summer working at a summer camp, specializing in the Equestrian program. I enjoy working with children and combining that with my passion for horses made for a great summer. I am a member of the Ohio University Equestrian Team, competing for the university against other colleges in our region. I would love to one day work at a therapeutic riding center, working with disabled or disadvantaged children.

My parents live in Cincinnati, Ohio. I was born and raised there. I have two older sisters, ages twenty four and twenty six both of whom have moved away from Ohio. My sisters were the ones who introduced me to Barbies, back in the early 1990's when I was in 2nd grade. I never much took to Barbies, as I was always the kid that wanted to be outside playing with our dog or making forts in the woods. I was always outside and never wanted to tote a plastic doll around with me. There was only one Barbie that I found fascinating and that was the Equestrian Barbie...and then Equestrian Barbie came out with a computer game! I was so thrilled. I would spend all day outside in the woods and at the stables, and all evening playing the Equestrian Barbie computer game. I believe somewhere I still own the CD-ROM.

I am very excited to be in this class, although I have never had a women's studies or gender studies class, I am intrigued to learn about a topic I know nothing about! This class has already opened me up to new opportunities, such as this blog and the wikispace. I am not very technologically savvy so this is all new to me. I do enjoy writing when I find the topic of discussion interesting, so I don't think I will have problems writing for this class.

Hope everyone had a good weekend and is ready for class tomorrow!!