Imaginative fulfilment with Barbie as a toy need not rely on parents investing in an entire Barbie world of branded objects. (Shutterstock) 4 octobre 2023 Yes, the original Barbie is a stereotype — but children also create their own ‘Barbie worlds’ Ozlem Cankaya, MacEwan University Children can transform ordinary items into extraordinary play scenes with Barbie and Barbie-like dolls.
Girton College, University of Cambridge 1 octobre 2019 Lady Hale’s spider shows key to women’s power dressing is in the accessories Ashley Morgan, Cardiff Metropolitan University The president of the UK’s supreme court delivered a hugely newsworthy judgment, but attention focused on her brooch.
Whether fashionable or functional, the handbag – and what it contains – is intensely personal. The Chanel 2.55, Wikimedia Commons 19 juin 2014 The story of … the handbag Karen de Perthuis, UNSW Sydney Under attack from a flock of killer crows, Tippi Hedren in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 thriller The Birds, pauses to collect her handbag. It’s an instinctive gesture that many women would recognise. For a…