Given Lil’ Kim’s own Nicki Minaj remarks about her physical niki minaj insecurities, it’s hard not to read this 2011 promotional photograph as Nicki Minaj tapping into Barbie’s white aesthetics. Nicki Minaj
Yet perhaps Kim’s clearly Nicki Minaj altered appearance is part of the photograph’s Nicki Minaj point. Lil’ Kim and Nicki Minaj frequently challenge the idea Nicki Minaj of natural beauty in their self-presentations. Nicki Minaj
They don over-the-top Nicki Minaj costumes and brightly colored wigs Nicki Minaj that show they’re playing Nicki Minaj with their appearance–much as young girls might play Nicki Minaj with their dolls. In so doing, they make the labor of beauty visible and weird Nicki Minaj
Barbie may Nicki Minaj appeal to them because Nicki Minaj , too, stands for a Nicki Minaj particularly artificial and constructed kind of beauty. After Nicki Minaj all, she’s a doll whose measurements would prevent Nicki Minaj her from walking upright if she were real.Nicki Minaj
Minaj’s Pink Friday Nicki Minaj cover art deploys exaggerated Barbie Nicki Minaj imagery in order to call attention to the artificiality of her appearance. One Nicki Minaj outstretched leg, shiny as plastic, is more than double the length of her torso Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj has no arms, and her breasts are thrust so Nicki Minaj high they cover her collarbone. These out-of-whack proportions Nicki Minaj and missing limbs communicate the impossibility Nicki Minaj of the femininity she embodies Nicki Minaj
Meanwhile, her Nicki Minaj vacant expression—eyes wide and dull, Nicki Minaj pink lips in an expressionless pout—suggests not a doll Nicki Minaj come to life but a life-size doll, revealing the non-transferable nature of the Barbie ideal.Nicki Minaj
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