I think that this episode says alot about Lisa and her personality. She has always been very independent and all about rules. She was right to want to influence girls in a better way than Malibu Stacy was. Just like Barbie, Malibu Stacy was portrayed as the perfect woman. She had the perfect body, perfect hair, and she told girls that "thinking gives you wrinkles." One of the biggest gender stereotype against girls is that we should not think, not work and just stay in the kitchen all day. Those beliefs are why people, like Lisa, want a doll that shows that you can be pretty and smart. The Lisa Lionheart doll showed girls that they can have a voice and be involved in the politics and have jobs and still be beautiful.
The Malibu Stacey doll was pretty ridiculous. I guess it represented a typical girl in a males mind, as we saw she was made by men, but it was extremely over exxagerated. The things she said most girls don't say, but I guess people think girls say... Malibu Stacey does remind me of Barbie in the sense that they both have perfect bodies. The dolls both had long blond hair and a pretty face and skinny flat stomach, which affects young girls showing them what to look like when they grow up.
Malibu Stacey was obviously making fun of modern day barbie dolls, and Lisa objected to Stacey's sexist comments as any motivated feminist in reality would a barbie doll. The things Stacey was programmed to say were very exaggerated, but the image was right on the money it seemed. The initial comments were over the top but Lisa found a way to market a more respectable version of the doll. Ultimately, girls turned back to the simple non intellectual Stacey, which sends us a message that no matter what the dolls say, smart or not, the common, more popular stereotypical one is what people are used to.
I thought that this episode of the simpsons was a great example of how some girls compare themselves to dolls. Lisa was wise enough to see that the doll was a horrible image for little girls to want to be like. Matt said the same thing i was thinking, about how Stacey was based on our Barbie, which is a clever way to show an actual issue through comedy.
I think that this episode says alot about Lisa and her personality. She has always been very independent and all about rules. She was right to want to influence girls in a better way than Malibu Stacy was. Just like Barbie, Malibu Stacy was portrayed as the perfect woman. She had the perfect body, perfect hair, and she told girls that "thinking gives you wrinkles." One of the biggest gender stereotype against girls is that we should not think, not work and just stay in the kitchen all day. Those beliefs are why people, like Lisa, want a doll that shows that you can be pretty and smart. The Lisa Lionheart doll showed girls that they can have a voice and be involved in the politics and have jobs and still be beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe Malibu Stacey doll was pretty ridiculous. I guess it represented a typical girl in a males mind, as we saw she was made by men, but it was extremely over exxagerated. The things she said most girls don't say, but I guess people think girls say... Malibu Stacey does remind me of Barbie in the sense that they both have perfect bodies. The dolls both had long blond hair and a pretty face and skinny flat stomach, which affects young girls showing them what to look like when they grow up.
ReplyDeleteMalibu Stacey was obviously making fun of modern day barbie dolls, and Lisa objected to Stacey's sexist comments as any motivated feminist in reality would a barbie doll. The things Stacey was programmed to say were very exaggerated, but the image was right on the money it seemed. The initial comments were over the top but Lisa found a way to market a more respectable version of the doll. Ultimately, girls turned back to the simple non intellectual Stacey, which sends us a message that no matter what the dolls say, smart or not, the common, more popular stereotypical one is what people are used to.
ReplyDeleteI thought that this episode of the simpsons was a great example of how some girls compare themselves to dolls. Lisa was wise enough to see that the doll was a horrible image for little girls to want to be like. Matt said the same thing i was thinking, about how Stacey was based on our Barbie, which is a clever way to show an actual issue through comedy.
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