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Latiin America Today - by Madeline Schwartz

Latiin America Today - February 2007

A Barbie Word...

February 21st 2007 21:01
Caucasian Barbie
Caucasian Barbie
I have learned many wrong theories of my childhood. When I read, the poetry, “The Doll” and “Barbie” article. It brought me as a flash back to my early years as a child. Barbie was hot for all the girls and Tonka the truck for the boys. Exactly as the book says, I suffered from the wrong concepts of being a “Barbie”


First, I’m a Latina; Barbie was a perfect American Caucasian. She got the perfect body, the perfect hair, gorgeous crystal blue eyes, and perfect world with a perfect husband which is Ken. As I remembered and as you know, most of the Latina women have brown eyes with some exceptions, and those exceptions were considered to be Barbie. We weren’t considered to be beautiful just because we weren’t close to Barbie. As a result, you are ugly.

Latina Barbie
Latina Barbie
There you go, everybody wants to be blonde and some people even put contact lens. Until everybody wake up because life is not a Barbie world and we can’t compete with her. Until Mattel had a little switched and introduced Latina, Black, Chinese and more which has helped those little girl self-esteem.


Teens, honestly if I ever come back to reincarnate again I would love to skip this stage. It’s so confusing because as a person, there a lot of lack of confident. Your self-esteem is under ground. Teens suffer through a lot of hormones, and physical changes. You are trying to compete with your peers and what you see in the magazines, movies, videos. Everything you do is for a shallow image and you are not yourself and you become a copy cat. As I remembered, I used to buy every teen magazine and I made sure to follow every single guidance just because I got to be cool.

Black Barbie
Black Barbie
When I read about the body & gender, the first thing the book describes was society patterns. Once again, people with a thin body…. Anorexic figures are hot! Ironic! These girls starve themselves with ridiculous diets of 250 calories maximum per day; leading to malnutrition, depression, and in some cases to death. Communication sources like magazines, television, and movies are the one to blame by brain washing those teens which are easy target for the business.

There is nothing wrong to be you, always love yourself for who you are because if you don’t love yourself, nobody will. We are our own reflect ion of who we are and in order to be love, we need to learn to love. We are real! Barbie is just a plastic doll!
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Miss Universe & Puerto Rico

February 19th 2007 01:50
Miss Universe 2006
Miss Universe 2006


Zuleyka Jerris Rivera Mendoza is a beauty queen who has held the titles Miss Puerto Rico Universe and Miss Universe 2006. She won the title during the Miss Universe 2006 pageant, which was televised live internationally from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on July 23, 2006. She is the fifth Puerto Rican to win the title, and makes the Miss Puerto Rico Organization the second most successful in the pageant (behind the United States): Miss Universe 1970 Marisol Malaret, Miss Universe 1985 Deborah Carthy-Deu, Miss Universe 1993 Dayanara Torres, and Miss Universe 2001 Denise Quinones.
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Our People

February 14th 2007 02:37
San Juan
San Juan


Our population is 3.950 million people that inhabit the island of Puerto Rico make it one of the most densely populated islands in the world. Yes, there are about 1,000 people per square mile, a ratio higher than within any of the 50 states in the United States.

It is estimated that some 2 million Puerto Ricans have migrated to the United States throughout the years. Had these people remained in Puerto Rico, the island would be so densely populated that there would be virtually no room for people to live. Because of the massive migration to the mainland, more Puerto Ricans are said to live in New York City than in San Juan. In recent years, many Puerto Ricans have returned to their island home, in large part because of inadequate economic opportunity in the United States.
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An Adventure

February 2nd 2007 14:22
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An Adventure

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