Like a flip-flop feminist relationship with Barbie
Hardly the unsung perfectionist, perhaps white supremacist
Or is this over analysis of plastic?
A fanatic, frantically forge five thousand words
On the relevance and development of marketing to girls
And the harshness of the world, against all odds she worked 130 jobs
But still thrilled mostly by the presence of heartthrobs
Unaffected by patriarchy or recessions, but soon it must be questioned
Does the doll face only represent what first is projected
Grammar and spellcheck, half these points make no sense
The deadline's days away and the conclusion's a conflicted mess
So how did molded plastic become so problematic
Where negi readings are dramatic but posis over-romantic
And maybe Barbie would rather be a gnarly dirty harpy
Tattoos drawn on with a Sharpie, kissing girls at a party
A figure once seen as pristine whilst preserved in a box
Most barbies end up naked and limbless with their hair shaved off
Perhaps it should be mentioned that Barbie would be sectioned
Having weigh-ins every day for what others call 'perfection'
You can say "She's just a doll, so what does their size really mean?"
60's slumber party Barbie still read books saying "Don't eat"
Perhaps an ever-changing icon reflecting female progress
Perhaps a shallow feminism focused on individual success
And now we are over the word count
Got to edit down what's written with no conclusion found out
Tangled and confused and now scared of being misread
Wishing they'd done GI Joe male violence and conscription instead
Exhausting approaches Barbie's subtext seems absent
A one-dimensional character with endless multifacets
Time is nearly up, they must be pragmatic
Conclusion: the most human thing about Barbie
Is the fact she's problematic
After quick and heavy editing
Self-fladulation for a cop-out ending
In time they hand their essay in
They forgot their referencing
You have failed your degree
£27,000 down the drain
Ask yourself, was it worth it?
What did you learn about Barbie?