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    #1

    Barbie gets real

    Not sure how I feel about this, are they going to make a William Wilberforce doll? Maybe a king of Benin Doll?

    Should we be politicising dolls? I have no problem having Barbies that reflect all colours and abilities. Making it a political point is worrying and divisive.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...a-B-Wells.html

    Mattel is creating a Barbie doll to honor the black American journalist Ida B Wells who was born into slavery and went on to expose the horrors of lynching and help found the NAACP
    • Mattel has created a Barbie to honor the black American journalist Ida B Wells
    • The prominent activist helped found two groups - the NACWC and the NAACP
    • The Ida B Wells doll is the newest addition to Barbie's Inspiring Women series
    • Other dolls in series include Ella Fitzgerald, Susan B. Anthony, and Rosa Parks
    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
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    Keep up.

    They've made Barbie dolls of other respected and prominent mainly US women.
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      #3
      Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
      Keep up.

      They've made Barbie dolls of other respected and prominent mainly US women.
      That's what I thought. I was wondering why this was news?
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        #4
        Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

        That's what I thought. I was wondering why this was news?
        They release press releases about the dolls and a random media outlet will print one of them.
        "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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          #5
          Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

          That's what I thought. I was wondering why this was news?
          Because JRM needs deflections and is relying on the foot soldiers to provide them
          …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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            #6
            Are they actually all called Barbie, or are they merely separate dolls of different figures under the Barbie brand?
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              #7
              Originally posted by d000hg View Post
              Are they actually all called Barbie, or are they merely separate dolls of different figures under the Barbie brand?
              Don't know.

              Oprah called hers a "Barbie doll" so they must be a type.

              https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oprah...b07dffeb6ec6ba


              Edited to say she was the first famous               US black woman who sprang to mind who probably had a Barbie doll, so I googled her.
              "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                ASDA Barbie

                Click image for larger version Name: walmart+barbie1285026149.jpg Views: 73 Size: 18.3 KB ID: 4199874
                "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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                  Originally posted by Paddy View Post
                  ASDA Barbie

                  Click image for larger version Name: walmart+barbie1285026149.jpg Views: 73 Size: 18.3 KB ID: 4199874
                  I think there might be a plagiarism claim there. Looks exactly like Glasgow Barbie.
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

                    I think there might be a plagiarism claim there. Looks exactly like Yorkshire Barbie.
                    ftfy

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