This new doll “enables more children to see themselves reflected in Barbie,” Mattel wrote
They should make a Barbie doll that’s just been kicked off Medicare.
Not to sound ignorant but can’t you just use your imagination for something like this?
Then they can’t sell you another doll. When do we get sickle cell barbie? Like why give doll diseases? Can’t leave that up to the kid?
Right? I want aids Barbie
I guess it’s more for the “lore” of Barbie than the doll itself.
Sent this to a D1
said “dolls are for pretend play, I would hate to be reminded of my problems when I try to find an escape”
It’s a love hate situation. For a lot of children, they will use play to process and understand things. E.g. “Helping” a Barbie with the problems helps them understand why their brother gets special treatment.
I’ve seen my daughter playing “classroom” with her teddies. It helps her understand better how school works, and what would be acceptable or not.
Woke capitalism strikes again!
As a girl who grew up with type 1 diabetes, seeing these tasteless jokes in here just remind me of the shitty time kids can have when they feel different to other kids and get singled out for something they can’t control.
So what if its a gigantic mega-corp, they’re doing a good thing here for children.
Disgusting fucking ‘jokes’. Shitty people.
Yep, lemmy can be super ableist. It’s pretty bad.
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Barbie has actually had quite a number of diversity variants over the years, this isn’t all that unusual for them:
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We get Barbietis now? Aight
i will never truly feel represented until Barbie gets a colostomy bag.
So what. This isn’t news.
And this isn’t a news community. Not that it would justify being such a prick if it were.
Someone go resurrect Wilfurd Brimly! I don’t have enough Worther’s original candies to do the ritual!
