Maddon't

Plastic Surgery is definitely a class phenomenon. Living in southern California, we are exposed to this trend every day. Coming from Cincinnati, Ohio, you would never walk down the street and see what you see in Hollywood or Los Angeles. But that’s why they call it the entertainment capital of the world, right? Barbie is not even a foot tall yet has dictated not only the hair color, eye color, and body image for young girls, but also an upper class persona based off mostly appearance. Barbie not only has large breasts and a skinny waist, but she drives either a pink jeep or a convertible. She has a “Dream House” as well as a suave boyfriend who is the “epitome of masculinity”. Bordo’s comments on colored contacts were especially telling. In the same way that Maddonna was made famous, girls now emulate the ability to change overnight. One thing that is essential to note though is that you must have the money to buy all the products. So boys, the amount of money the girl has or if you give it to her, can transform her from hideous to beautiful (whatever those constructs may be). Not to exclude men either, boys can now construct fake muscles, a better face, any new body part that they want. Power in the ability to change has corrupted idea beauty more than ever. Consumerism if anything, has made beauty even more detached and placed and even greater boundaries on the definition of beauty. Although Madonna found power through the ability to change, there are other avenues to find power without using appearance.