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more about #barbieworld cathouse_mary: Okay, boys and girls. Let's get something straight. If you want to understand the (insert gender-creed-color-ethnic group-etcetera) experience, you ... more » Ginmar Rienne: I guess if you tell white people or men to please not be an asshole and make it all about them it's the same thing as censorship. Good to know. Also, ... more » PyroVixen: WOW! Ok to start- I'm "white" so don't read my comment. Just disregard it because I'm "white" therefore my "input" is of no value. But guess what - ... more » buttercupia: I have to say that all the kneejerk defensiveness springing up here in response to Dodai's post this morning is amusing, if unsurprising. more » Ginmar Rienne: You know, the most disturbing thing about these comments is that reading them is just like reading the gate crashers who invade topics about rape or D... more » lolamoco003: How was Dodai's response aggressive? I found it every even-tempered and well reasoned. Discussing race is not the same for everyone, no matter how mu... more » Slickanicka: I think what is most disturbing about this account is that Mattel actually had a focus group of African Americans who made suggestions, that Mattel th... more » NerD: Blattella: So, maybe you can help me understand this. I read this article, and was interested in it primarily because it shows what is RIGHT about America. Mat... more » ExpressedDisapproval: Black women do not have a monopoly on the lack of diversity in Mattel's Barbie dolls. Last year, my sister and I, both white with brown hair and brown... more » terrymct: I clicked over to the official SIS Barbie site. These dolls are really cute! They aren't just the standard issue Barbie with the plastic tinted. Th... more » KitPorter: Look, dammit. There's only a certain amount of time you should be snubbed by a company (Mattel - see also Disney, Walt) before you get the hint. I thi... more » girlscoutcookie is back from hiatus: I don't really want to touch the racial stuff, mostly because every point I could try to make has already been made far more eloquently than I could'v... more » BlackSheepSayMoo: Someone else had to paint the eyes dark brown? Really? I've met a few black kids with non-brown eyes, but the vast majority have eyes even darker than... more » dumblonde: I'd rather look at this development with positive eyes. But I still wait for the day when black dolls will fly off the shelves not because black girls... more » LatoyaPeterson: I am really starting to hate writing about racial issues for Jezebel. To all the folks who point out that the white barbies don't look like you eithe... more » thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.: Here's the silver lining to this little tale: Little kids will now be simulating sex with these new black barbies and the old Ken dolls. Yay interrac... more » Wandell: ....shouldn't the kids be opting to look like, well, a human? And while we're at it, how come white Barbies don't look like me? And how come this is ... more » weetziebat: It bothers me that not a single one of these six dolls has dark brown eyes. A lot of black teenage girls i know wear color contacts in lighter colors... more » amazoncowgirl: Eh, all of my Barbies ended up looking the same anyway. Crew cuts, inked on tattoos and usually dog chewed feet and hands. Now that I think of it, a... more » alula: I feel like I'm name-dropping this book constantly, but the section dealing with race and multiculturalism in M.G Lord's book Forever Barbie is fascin... more » -
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Black Barbies: A Question Of Representation
Mattel and Stacey Irby-McBride debuted the So In Style line of black dolls to record levels of praise - and criticism. "Three dolls can't represent the whole African-American community," McBride says, not realizing her statement is the root of the issue.
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Charity Cases: "Burka Barbie" Angers Everybody
Over the weekend, a producer from Fox & Friends contacted me, asking me to come on and comment on the new "Burka Barbie:" More » -
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Dear Mattel: This Is How How You Make Barbie More Diverse
Feministing points us toward doll-maker Loanne Hizo Ostlie, who has been creating modified Barbies for over a decade. Over at her site, Tabloach Productions, her modifications of Barbie (and long neglected Skipper) are amazingly detailed... and stunningly diverse. More » -
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New Black Barbies, Same Old Controversy
The mainstream media has finally caught on to what the black blogosphere buzzed about two weeks ago: The premiere of the So In Style (or S.I.S.) line of Black Barbies. But are the dolls going to be an adequate representation?
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Mattel Throws Barbie Under The Bus
Because apparently their slipping numbers are all her fault! Boo, whore. [The Street] -
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A Doll's House
I thought we'd seen it all, Barbie-art-wise. And having seen this, I wish we had. And yeah, NSFW, to the extent that you probably wouldn't want your boss to walk by while you were looking at, say, number three. [BuzzFeed] -
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Valley Of The Dolls
To promote her graphic novel Dolltopia, about runaway dolls who reject the domestic roles thrust upon them by humans, Abby Denson is holding a contest for the best made-over Barbie at her book signings this month. [N.Y. Daily News] -
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Silly: Don't You Know Barbie Can Have It All?
The Daily News asks: "Barbie doll: children's toy or valuable collector item for adults?" That's all in a day's work for the original multitasker! [NYDN] -
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"Miss Plastic Hungary" Takes Pageants To The Next (?) Level
The new mini-trend in more naturalistic beauty pageants is being bucked by "Miss Plastic Hungary" - in which only the surgically enhanced need apply. More » -
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50 Years Of Barbie Couture
Barbie's a well-preserved 50 years old in '09, and a raft of big-namers are dolling her in custom couture for the big day. Here's a look at the other designer threads she's sported.... More » -
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Barbie Battle: Babble-ing Parents Face Off Online
Today on Babble, two writers argue both sides of the big-boobed thorn in the side of all conscientious, feminist parents: Barbie.
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XXX! Sex Secrets Of Barbie And Ken
As everyone has always suspected on some level, America's favorite fashion doll Barbie has a seriously sordid past. More »
