Like a flip-flop feminist's relationship with Barbie
Hardly the unsung perfectionist, perhaps white supremacist
Or Is this over-analysis of plastic?
A fanatic franticly forged five thousand words
On the relevance and development of marketing to girls
And the harshness of the world, against all odds she worked a hundred thirty jobs
But still thrilled mostly by the presence of heartthrobs
Unaffected by patriarchy or recessions, but soon it must be questioned
Does the doll facе only represent what first is projеcted
Grammar and spellcheck, half these points make no sense
The deadline's days away and my conclusion's a conflicted mess
So how did molded plastic become so problematic
Where negative readings are dramatic but positive 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 while 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 everyday for what others call perfection
You can say she's just a doll so what does her size really mean
60s slumber party, 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
Gotta edit down what's written with no conclusion found out
Tangled and confused and now scared of being misread
Wishing I had 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 that she is problematic
After quick and heavy editing
Self-flagellation for a cop-out ending
In time, I hand their essay in
I forgot my referencing
I have failed my degree
$27,000 down the drain
Ask yourself, "Was it worth it?
What did you learn about Barbie?"