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How Barbie portrays her
Pixar's new movie Brave is about a young Scottish archerist. She has this amazing crazy wild bright red hair. And like many Scottish people, she has a round face. Barbie took it upon themselves to alter Merida's image when coming out with the Barbie for her. If you notice her face on the Barbie, her face is much more narrow, her eyebrows are more defined, her eyes are tilt up, and her features are much sharper. Not to mention that her hair is not is crazy curly, it is a maintained deeper red that looks like she curls it with a curling iron every day. Barbie also made her pale Scottish skin tanner. I don't know if it is because we just watched Miss Representation and it opened my eyes but Barbie changed Merida to fit the cut out of modern day women. It is miss leading to have a heroine such as Merida to be reformed to fit what is established as okay and pretty in today's society.
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