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more about #mattel 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 » -
#valleyofthedolls
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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#barbieworld
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 » -
#barbieworld
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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#barbieworld
Mattel Throws Barbie Under The Bus
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#toystories
Mixed Feelings About The New Black Barbie Dolls
As mentioned in July, Mattel worked with a black designer named Stacey McBride-Irby to create the "So In Style" black barbie dolls, which are "closer to a mirror reflection" of African-Americans. The ladies of The View had some issues: More » -
#toystories
Mattel's New Black Barbie A Step In The Right Direction
In an essay for The Root, Raven L. Hill asks if Mattel's new African-American So In Style Barbie dolls get black people "closer to our mirror reflection" than Barbie, or previous black Barbies. The answer? Yes. And no. More » -
#fantasticplastic
Barbie's Message Translates In China
"Barbie attracts me because she's very feminine and independent…But most important are her pretty clothes." — A shopper at the new 35,000-square-foot Barbie store in Shanghai. [Washington Post] -
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From An Earnest Essay On Barbie's Boyfriend, Ken:
"Impossibly patient and unfailingly loyal, he's always waiting for her at the altar and always will be until his plastic decomposes… [Barbie] is a slave to fashion, and he is a slave to her." [Slate] -
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#leftovers
"Metrosexual" Soldiers Getting ManiPedis • Doubts Raised About Atlantic Swimmer's Achievement
• In search of relaxation, U.S. soldiers in Iraq are frequenting local salons for manicures. Of his new beauty regime, private Billy Scott says: "It makes you go into a different world." • More » -
#malibuhura
To The Dream House, Spock!
Geeks rejoice! Mattel is releasing Star Trek Barbies in time for the new Trek movie this summer. Now you can make Kirk and Spock get it on, just like Barbie and Barbie used to. [Reuters] -
#barbieworld
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 » -
#plasticfantastic
Barbie Goes to Fashion Week
Designer Jeremy Scott has announced that he plans to send a Barbie-inspired collection down the Paris Fashion Week runways this spring. -
#thenewgirl
We Lost Samantha For This?
Chrissa, the newest American Girl doll by the Mattel-owned doll company, will hit stores in 2009. She is the first contemporary doll and will have her own HBO movie airing on January 5. [USAToday] More »
