WhatwouldBarbielooklikeifshewereaverage?
AccordingtoUSartistNickolayLammshewouldbeabrunettewitharoundedfaceandamuchthickerwaist.
FrustratedwiththeunrealisticbeautystandardsofBarbieandherfriendsLammtookdatafromDiseaseControlandPreventionaboutanaverage19-year-oldAmericanwomanwhoisabout163cmtallwitha84-cmwaist.WiththosemeasurementsLammcreatedadoll.
Thedoll-stagline(口号)is“Averageisbeautiful.”
“Ithinkarealistic-sizedollisimportantbecausewhenIlookatcurrentdollsonthemarkettheyalllooklikesupermodels"theartisttoldAPF.“Ijusthadtheimpressionthatthewallofsupermodelssuggeststhatsomethingiswrongwithyouifyoudon-tlooklikeone.SoIcreatedanalternativetosuggestthatit’sOKtolooklikeanormalperson."
TheLammilydollswhichare27cmtallhavebeenonsalesincelastmonth.
Lammilyalsohasotherfeatures.UnlikeBarbieandherfriendswhosepointedlegswouldforcehertowalkonallfoursifshewererealLammilyhasarticulated(枢接的)joints–abletowalkrunandplay.Thedollcanevenbeputinayogaposition.
What’smoretheLammilydollsincludeastickerpackagethatcanhelptoaddreal-lifemarkstothedollsincludingfrecklesacnemolesandtattoos.
“Youcanalsoaddminorcutsandbruiseslikeonesyou'dgetfromfallingdownwhilesnowboarding"LammtoldNBC.
“Ifeelthatrightnow.dollsareveryperfectlookingwheninreallifefewofushaveperfectskin"LammtoldTheHuffingtonPost.“Thingslikepimplesareanaturalpartofwhoweare.Sowhynotgivedollsarealtreatment?"
AsTheHuffington.Postsaid"Gettingkidsusedtotheideathatthesethingsarecompletelynormalandnot6flaws'(缺陷)tobeashamedofcanonlybeagoodthing."
1.WhydidNickolayLammmaketheLammilydoll?(Nomorethan14words)(2marks)
2.HowistheLammilydolldifferentfromBarbiedolls?(Nomorethan13words)(3marks)
3.WhatdoesLammmeanwhenhesays"whynotgivedollsarealtreatment?"inthesecond-to-lastparagraph?(Nomorethan1words)(3marks)
4.Whatistheauthor-sattitudetowardLammilydolls?(Nomorethan6words)(2marks)