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mering black and silver gown, holding a bou
quet of 40 pink roses. The world is watching
while Barbie turns 40 — without a wrinkle.
From her creation in 1959 by Mattel founders El
liot and Ruth Handler to becoming the most popular *
doll in the world with over a billion sold by 1999, Bar
bie has conquered the toy business.
— Barbie now has two floors in the FAO Schwarz toy
and was eveb pictttred-im-Vogue
magazine in 1997. :
People young and old came to see the
renowned doll turn 40 at the Barbie Doll Gala in El
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work cut out for it to truly reflect women today.
“I think, in the past few years. Barbie has made a
tqrn towards a broader scope of women.’f Draughn
said “But [Mattel] has a long way to go to really rep
resent what women are in society.”
Barbie’s slender figure has also raised some con
cerns. j—4 ’ •/
“I do not think I hav e been influence ^
directly,” Draughn said. “But my niece has Barbies,
nd 1 am concerned about her self-image. , ,
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jor, said Barbie is nothing more than a t
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who failed to jump on the bandwagon.
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reshman biomedical science maior thtU (i Z nre " Barne tt said. “It’s just not possible.”
diverse as tinie eoesW. Others think Barbie is nothing more tlian a toy and
by alHhe oc- t ^ ie appearapce of Barbie bias no relevance to chil-
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maker of women’s clothes,
for girls and an array of oth
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soon as the girls see it they wantju Girls
dieted to the name.”
Barbie continues to grow in popularity and sales
^vith Barbies, and LTpsure pas future generations flock for the next Barbie. fV
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a so a violation” of Texas A&NTs Hazing Rule under Section
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February 24-28, 1999
Feature Films
Wednesday& Thursday, Feb. 24&25
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb.26,27&28
Rudder Theater Complex
Speakers
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Featured Speaker: Tim Me Canlies, Director of
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Workshops
Wednesday, Feb. 24-Saturday, Feb. 27
FilmMaking, Screenwriting, Etc.
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