--I feel like people are now aware of the image that Barbie sends to young girls yet they continue to buy the plastic doll. Why might that be? This seems hypocritical.
--“’Frankly, we only kept the doctor’s uniform in line as long as we did because public relations begged us to give them something they could point to as progressive.’…Ironically…the doctor and astronaut uniforms never sold well” (283). Why do you think that is? Does Barbie simply appeal to a certain kind of person who is drawn to the “traditional” Barbie? (Consider: “A next step we would want to take in the cultural interpretation of Barbie is an ethnographic study of Barbie-doll owners” (302).). Why can’t Barbie become genuinely progressive?
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