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and just look at the bitter asshole you turned out to be!
Yep. You can rollover to Mattel's blatant profiteering off inclusivity hype with thehr legacy of gender stereotypes and female ideals. I'll remain bitter and call out their bullshit.
Did you not notice you're in nottheonion?
it's barely any change at all and it lets some kids have fun, with the tiny upside that maybe my friend's insulin pump won't get mistaken for a 1990's pager. they're going to sell dolls anyways, why not add this accessory?
That's clearly not the point of this entire post and why it's been posted where it has. Have you read the article? This isn't about what you're talking about.
https://shop.mattel.com/pages/barbie-diversity-evolution
Geez. I wonder why they didn't include all the other ones...
Computer Engineer Barbie of 2010 was great. It included a backstory of accidentally getting a virus on her sister's computer as Barbie admits she knows nothing about computers, is just a designer, and relies on boys at her school to help. Of course the laptop was pink.
There's so, so, so many of these all the way up to now... Oreo Barbie, the Doll's of the World collection, the sleepover ones that have apparel that says "Don't Eat" on it.
If it's not clear now, Mattel relies on making Barbies that will make money at the time. So girls can be happy other girls manufactured dolls for them in factories in a country known as "Oriental". This is the point of the post.
All you've done is link their public-facing marketing material which implies it works.