Hi everyone--
In addition to the inaccessible house, John Hockenberry did a piece on
Dateline (a newsmag on this side of the pound) that demonstrated even the
retrofitted house was not adequate-- Becky did not reach the second floor--
though she fit in the elevator, it "amputated" her at the knees!
I too have used her to teach--in both the beauty myth and disability
classes I've done-- comparing her w/ "Barbie". Students have always
commented on the tilt of her head (down), her flat feet and her infantile
outfit. My favorite was the savvy students who note that the chair has no
brakes-- the new model, they commented would be her in an electric chair, a
remote control Becky.
For those interested, my poem "Becky Declines Barbie's Dinner Invitation"
is due to be published in Pudding Magazine later this year. It'll probably
be on the zine's web site when this happens.
Johnson
At 11:27 AM 3/10/00 -0700, Dona Avery wrote:
>On 10 Mar 00, at 16:59, [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> > If anyone knows how to obtain a Becky Barbie doll, id like one as a
> > teaching aid,
>
>Philip, I recently got the NEWest version of Becky (she's traded her baby
>pink wheelchair and capri pants, for a power-RED chair, Levis, and a JOB:
>school photographer!). I've used her as a teaching aid in English classes
>(the rhetoric of cultural representations).
>
>Anyway, when I got her thru an Ebay auction (www.ebay.com), there were
>several up for bid. You should be able to find one easily, using the search
>tool. Good luck.
>
>Dona
>
>Dona M. Avery
>Arizona State University
>Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
>http://www.public.asu.edu/~donam
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>"If you want to demolish a card house, you attack
>the bottom card, not the top. Remove the foundation,
> and the structure collapses" (unknown).
Johnson Cheu
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