Barbie Doll | Essays and Criticism

  • Barbie Doll as a Symbolic Story About Women's Socialization in a Patriarchal World

    Chris Semansky’s most recent collection of poems, Blindsided, has been published by 26 Books of Portland, Oregon and nominated for an Oregon Book Award. In the following essay, Semansky examines Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll” as a symbolic story about women’s socialization in a patriarchal world.

  • Criticizing Both Women and the Society They Live In

    Alice Van Wart is a writer and teaches literature and writing in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Toronto. She has published two books of poetry and has written articles on modern and contemporary literature.