About Me =)

My name is Lauren Baer and I am currently a junior HSLS major hoping to become a speech-language pathologist in a children's rehabilitation center or elementary school.  I work as as a peer adviser here at school and work doing various other random things in my small town when I'm home for the summer. I am taking this class as my Junior English and was thrilled to learn the content of the course revolved around Barbie and her image. I have always loved writing and I've always loved Barbies, so why not bring the two together?  I'm sure Barbie will bring up some intriguing topics to discuss throughout the quarter, so I am anxious for what we will be doing these next few weeks

I have several barbies still left in a toy box somewhere in my basement.  My mom is determined to save all of my treasured toys to keep for her future grandchildren, so in the basement they stay to wait and gather dust until some crazy kid comes into this world to play with them.  My favorite barbies included a rockstar barbie with long blonde straight hair (which I immediately cut and didn't understand why it resulted in me getting scolded), a barbie that balanced a bird on her palm, and the barbie I could take in the bathtub because she actually could swim with a battery pack oxygen tank, flippers, and hair that I could never understand why it turned green (in our well water).  As I got older, I liked American Girl Dolls and other dolls with more hair I could cut, braid, wrap, or curl...and now I just use my roommates.