Pitt's Women's Studies Events

Women’s Studies Film Series

Barbie Nation

The Barbie doll is not just the world's most popular toy, she's a Rorschach test, revealing attitudes about sexuality, body image, gender roles and creativity. Journeying from Barbie conventions to anti-Barbie demonstrations, from girls' play dates to Barbie web pages, Barbie Nation plumbs the cult of the Barbie doll, telling the Barbie stories of men, women and children. At the center of Barbie Nation is the story of Barbie creator and Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler. Handler's ironic rise and fall brings Barbie Nation to a climax that is about the creation of femininity and the marketing -- and subversion -- of femininity's icon.

Thursday, April 10^th at 7:30pm CLG24

Discussant: Frayda Cohen (Women’s Studies)

From: Women's Studies Program [mailto:wstudies+@pitt.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:04 AM
To: A&S Administrators; Affiliated Faculty; Friends of Women's Studies; Graduate Students; Steering Committee; Undergraduates; Visiting Scholars
Subject: Women's Studies Program Film Series Fliers: April 10, Barbie Nation

Women’s Studies Film Series

Barbie Nation

The Barbie doll is not just the world's most popular toy, she's a Rorschach test, revealing attitudes about sexuality, body image, gender roles and creativity. Journeying from Barbie conventions to anti-Barbie demonstrations, from girls' play dates to Barbie web pages, Barbie Nation plumbs the cult of the Barbie doll, telling the Barbie stories of men, women and children. At the center of Barbie Nation is the story of Barbie creator and Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler. Handler's ironic rise and fall brings Barbie Nation to a climax that is about the creation of femininity and the marketing -- and subversion -- of femininity's icon.

Thursday, April 10^th at 7:30pm CLG24

Discussant: Frayda Cohen (Women’s Studies)

Women’s Studies Film Series

Barbie Nation

The Barbie doll is not just the world's most popular toy, she's a Rorschach test, revealing attitudes about sexuality, body image, gender roles and creativity. Journeying from Barbie conventions to anti-Barbie demonstrations, from girls' play dates to Barbie web pages, Barbie Nation plumbs the cult of the Barbie doll, telling the Barbie stories of men, women and children. At the center of Barbie Nation is the story of Barbie creator and Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler. Handler's ironic rise and fall brings Barbie Nation to a climax that is about the creation of femininity and the marketing -- and subversion -- of femininity's icon.

Thursday, April 10^th at 7:30pm, University of Pittsburgh, Cathedral of Learning Ground 24

For more information: email wstudies+@pitt.edu

Women’s Studies Film Series

Barbie Nation

The Barbie doll is not just the world's most popular toy, she's a Rorschach test, revealing attitudes about sexuality, body image, gender roles and creativity. Journeying from Barbie conventions to anti-Barbie demonstrations, from girls' play dates to Barbie web pages, Barbie Nation plumbs the cult of the Barbie doll, telling the Barbie stories of men, women and children. At the center of Barbie Nation is the story of Barbie creator and Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler. Handler's ironic rise and fall brings Barbie Nation to a climax that is about the creation of femininity and the marketing -- and subversion -- of femininity's icon.

Thursday, April 10^th at 7:30pm CLG24

Discussant: Frayda Cohen (Women’s Studies)

From: Women's Studies Program [mailto:wstudies+@pitt.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:04 AM
To: A&S Administrators; Affiliated Faculty; Friends of Women's Studies; Graduate Students; Steering Committee; Undergraduates; Visiting Scholars
Subject: Women's Studies Program Film Series Fliers: April 10, Barbie Nation

Women’s Studies Film Series

Barbie Nation

The Barbie doll is not just the world's most popular toy, she's a Rorschach test, revealing attitudes about sexuality, body image, gender roles and creativity. Journeying from Barbie conventions to anti-Barbie demonstrations, from girls' play dates to Barbie web pages, Barbie Nation plumbs the cult of the Barbie doll, telling the Barbie stories of men, women and children. At the center of Barbie Nation is the story of Barbie creator and Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler. Handler's ironic rise and fall brings Barbie Nation to a climax that is about the creation of femininity and the marketing -- and subversion -- of femininity's icon.

Thursday, April 10^th at 7:30pm CLG24

Discussant: Frayda Cohen (Women’s Studies)

Women’s Studies Film Series

Barbie Nation

The Barbie doll is not just the world's most popular toy, she's a Rorschach test, revealing attitudes about sexuality, body image, gender roles and creativity. Journeying from Barbie conventions to anti-Barbie demonstrations, from girls' play dates to Barbie web pages, Barbie Nation plumbs the cult of the Barbie doll, telling the Barbie stories of men, women and children. At the center of Barbie Nation is the story of Barbie creator and Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler. Handler's ironic rise and fall brings Barbie Nation to a climax that is about the creation of femininity and the marketing -- and subversion -- of femininity's icon.

Thursday, April 10^th at 7:30pm, University of Pittsburgh, Cathedral of Learning Ground 24

For more information: email wstudies+@pitt.edu