Tamara Hattis

Bubble Barbie

Barbie Bubble - A black-and-white patterned paper doll with its midsection, almost as a belt, reads “birthplace of Barbie.” Her thin model legs have black text on them; some words visible are “aging,” “seamless,” and “98 pounds.” The bottom half of the doll is against a background of white with a gold leaf pattern, and the top half of the doll is against a checkered black-and-white pattern, similar to Sephora’s aesthetic. The figure is wearing a bubble skirt of melted wax, right below the text of “birthplace of Barbie.” The wax on her skirt is forest green with regal patches of purple.
Barbie Bubble – A black-and-white patterned paper doll with its midsection, almost as a belt, reads “birthplace of Barbie.” Her thin model legs have black text on them; some words visible are “aging,” “seamless,” and “98 pounds.” The bottom half of the doll is against a background of white with a gold leaf pattern, and the top half of the doll is against a checkered black-and-white pattern, similar to Sephora’s aesthetic. The figure is wearing a bubble skirt of melted wax, right below the text of “birthplace of Barbie.” The wax on her skirt is forest green with regal patches of purple.

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About the Artist

Tamara Hattis is a writer and collage artist in Redlands, California. Her art and poetry have previously been published in The Sand Canyon Review, Ghost Town Literary Magazine, The Deaf Poets Society, Incandescent Mind (Sadie Girl Press), Cholla Needles Magazine, and Wordgathering. She published her first full-length poetry collection/memoir in 2019 titled Colors of My Pain, which documents her adult life with chronic pain. Her work is also featured on her website Tamilani.com and she can be followed on her Instagram page @tamarahattis.

Read Tamara Hattis’s creative nonfiction, “The Brunet, Part 1” and “The Brunet, Part 2,” in this issue of Wordgathering.