This is for my girls around the world, and for all the men who donвЂ™t respect our worth. Here on, to every woman, a new beginning! We will not apologise for who we are, how we are and how we want to be. Stop moulding us, we are not Barbie Dolls we are living things just like you. This is war! All you men out there, you want me to be coy, yet hearty? Eat this! Look at the repurcussions of your expectations on women.

Who are they to judge when they are not perfect themselves? What does this say about our society nowadays? вЂњBeauty lies in the beholderвЂќ. Some of the poor girlвЂ™s вЂfriendsвЂ™ even went to extremes by ostracising her just because she did not fit the вЂperfectвЂ™ Barbie Doll image. Women are expected to вЂњplay coyвЂќ and вЂњcome on heartyвЂќ just to be accepted by society. Some women are unable to cope, thus resulting in them questioning their holistic identity as a woman. The psychological trauma that society imposes on us womenis getting too out of hand. A feminist who is outraged by news of the girlвЂ™s deathДЄfter reading about the plight of the young woman, I realised that society has put a lot of stress on women to behave, look, and present themselves in an idealistic way. вЂњOh Barbie, if only you could see your sexy pink and white nightie and how perfect your nose looks now.вЂќД¤.

ItвЂ™s a pity that sheвЂ™s gone cosвЂ™ she looks like the Barbie Doll that you can buy off the shelf. Now, IвЂ™ll have to find a substitute to put up with me. IвЂ™ll miss her soft spoken nature and how she constantly tried to please me, as she tried to please everyone. IвЂ™ll always miss her determination and strong will to attain perfection. вЂњGood morning, I am Jacob Cullen, ex-boyfriend of the deceased. вЂ“ Jahafar, Jerrold, Vasellia, Andrea (08A1) She was a great cook and was filled with compassion.Д«ut her dream job was to be an вЂњSIA stewardessвЂќ. She said people looked at her funny, and whispered behind her back. I loved her so much! *wails louder, hyperventilating*Д«ut she kept saying she wasnвЂ™t pretty enough. Speech by the boyfriend of the dead girl in the poem WhatвЂ™s her name again? I wasnвЂ™t close to her then.Д«: WhatвЂ™s the point now anyways? I think itвЂ™s Abbey or something.ДЈ. *shrugs*Д«: Well, when sheвЂ™s finally beautiful sheвЂ™s got nobody to be friends with. Who could blame her I would have done the same.Д«: You know how everyoneвЂ™s so pressured to look good these days.ДЄ: Desperate times call for desperate measures. Especially her nose, do you think she got surgery or something?Д«: Looks like it, that is definitely not her own, itвЂ™s just soooвЂ¦ fake, you know!ДЄ: Yea, better, and her legs too! She must have had some surgery done at least on those.Д«: My god, two surgeries? She mustвЂ™ve been real desperate.ДЄ: Yea, nobody was her friend. вЂ“ Syafiqah, Vanessa, Nisaa, Fahariah (08A2/B5)Д«: I know right, she used to be so damn ugly back then!ДЄ: Exactly, sheвЂ™s so much more attractive now. I wish I had her legs and that nose?! But whatever, if she spent her whole life looking *ugly, then at least leave in style right? Know what IвЂ™m saying?вЂќ

Man I canвЂ™t believe the drastic change in her. IвЂ™ve been dreaming about getting my nose done. The horrible classmate who insulted the girl in the poem, causing her to feel insecure since her teenage years. So here I go, off with the nose! HmmвЂ¦ knife or scissors? YouвЂ™ll find out soon enoughвЂ¦Дў. That stupid Dennis canвЂ™t make fun of me if I donвЂ™t have the big nose and fat legs. Maybe without them, the pain will no longer remain. Why must I have such a big nose and such fat thighs?! But you know what, itвЂ™s time. вЂњIt is not fair, life as it is, I will never be perfect. Song: The day I die is the best day of my life. ItвЂ™s ok, because after today, IвЂ™m going to be freeвЂ¦вЂќ But I cannot do it, and after today I donвЂ™t need to anymore. I tried so hard, I tried to be gentle, coy and yet genuine to people. Why am I ugly? Am I fated to be ugly and disliked? I am so sick of being seen as fat, ugly, and just not attractive. Why is this torment never-ending? No matter what I do, itвЂ™s never enough. вЂњI am seriously exhuasted from everything. Blog entry of the female protagonist in the poem. The poem touches on the unrealistic standards of beauty that women have to adhere to, as well as the sacrifices they make to appear beautiful to the superficial eyes of society.ДЄs an in-class activity, the students were made to take on different roles and respond accordingly to the poem.ДЎ. If you would like to read the poem, you can find it here: But a couple of months back, the PU3 students analysed Marge PiercyвЂ™s poem, вЂњBarbie DollвЂќ.

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