saving girls from themselves

Doesn't the state have a responsibility to protect children? There are real risks to self-esteem and body image from anorexia to depression (both conditions that are at times fatal)

perhaps it's just me but I find this entire issue to be a major example of gender insanity as in "Girls (women) are not capable of discerning dolls from reality. I wonder if boys can discern dolls (GI Joe) from reality (war) but I don't know of anyone suggesting that boys are that intellectually weak.
But I'm probably just being silly.

In 1989 the Barbie Liberation Organization was formed. Taking advantage of similarities in the voice hardware of Teen Talk Barbie and the Talking Duke G.I. Joe doll, er, “action figure,” they absconded with several hundred of each and performed a stereotype-change operation on the lot.

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The BLO returned the altered dolls to the toy store shelves, who then resold them to children who had to invent scenarios for Barbies who yelled “Vengeance is mine!” and G.I. Joes who daydreamed “Let’s plan our dream wedding!” Cleverly placed “call your local TV news” stickers on the back ensured that the media would have genuine recipients to interview as soon as the news broke.

the first example of a successful working woman in your childhood had pale skin, a ridiculously thin waist and unnaturally large plastic breasts

there are a lot of people who don't allow their boys to play with GI Joes.

I don't think that's fair Dys, there are a lot of people who don't allow their boys to play with GI Joes.

I don't think that's fair Dys, there are a lot of people who don't allow their boys to play with GI Joes.

And then there are these folks...

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ebrown, I've been paying attention to you for a long time, but suddenly you're deconstructing.
I don't mean to mock you but speak as perplexed.
Perhaps more conversation.







reaoo

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In 1989 the Barbie Liberation Organization was formed. Taking advantage of similarities in the voice hardware of Teen Talk Barbie and the Talking Duke G.I. Joe doll, er, “action figure,” they absconded with several hundred of each and performed a stereotype-change operation on the lot.

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The BLO returned the altered dolls to the toy store shelves, who then resold them to children who had to invent scenarios for Barbies who yelled “Vengeance is mine!” and G.I. Joes who daydreamed “Let’s plan our dream wedding!” Cleverly placed “call your local TV news” stickers on the back ensured that the media would have genuine recipients to interview as soon as the news broke.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVT4T7OR3iQ[/youtube]

Bite me. Your response was and remains, hysterical.

Fine, don't get your daughter a Barbie . . . after which, mind your own goddamned business. Other people's children, whose lives are not being endangered, are none of your goddamned business.

Let's make cigarettes illegal, and fatty foods while we're at it.

If you're anti-Barbie and also against the death penalty, you'll have mixed feelings about a middle-schooler's Barbie Doll Electric Chair Science Project. At least we can all agree on the importance of science in the classroom. While I'm trying to keep all things Barbie away from my 2-year-old daughter, I certainly think she ought to leave middle school understanding the fundamentals of electricity. And if we have to send Barbie to the chair for that to happen, so be it. The step-by-step guide on Instructables expertly shows how to construct an electric chair for your Barbie and includes thoughtful touches such as shaving Barbie's head before strapping her into the chair.

(Via Gizmodo)