Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Mattel has added a 10th doll to its line inspired by real-life women who have broken boundaries, inspired girls and played with Barbies as children

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2017/nov/14/first-hijabi-barbie-other-sheroes-mattel-dolls-ibtihaj-muhammad



This is a fantastic article which I hope you will enjoy and make some comment on. Over to you...





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1 comment:

  1. Laura MacDonald28 November 2017 at 17:54

    This is great, I had no idea Barbie had started doing this. Far more appropriate for young children to play with and be influenced by.

    My children are young and so still largely unaffected by stereotypes of beauty and perfection. If this continues I hope they will not be exposed to the same pre conceived notions of beauty I was.

    My only criticisms are that all the 'sheros' are still all a bit 'typical' in terms of their figures (I googled them and found pictures). I've not yet seen a short Barbie or a slightly rounder lady or an older character for that matter...there's still a way to go.

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