Satire in Barbie Doll

I think Marge Piercy is speaking for the general American woman in "Barbie Doll". She tells of an imperfect but normal girl who can't live up to society's absurd standards. She was told my some classmate as a teenager that she had a big nose and fat legs. I'm sure most people have either been told or recognize their imperfections and some people, like this girl, hold on to them and let them define who they are. This girl is a typical American girl unfortunately compares herself to the perfect, idealistic, and flawless Barbie image that the public wants. Disgusted with herself, she has to kill herself. At then end Piercy satrizes sociey when talking about this girl in her casket: "Doesn't she look pretty? everyone said. Consummation at last. To every woman a happy ending." Piercy is trying to eliminate the notion that every girl must look like Barbie through these last couple lines and the poem in general. No one can be perfect, even Barbie has chips in her paint sometimes.