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Originally Posted by als463
Usually DS puts the news stories on here but, I didn't see this up. I went on AOL and found this story regarding a new Barbie. This is from Mattel's new "Back to Basics" collection.
http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/05/2...k-to-basics%2F
People are upset that this Barbie is going to be a bad influence on young girls. My question is: Did these same people NOT see the Bratz dolls? It started out as an issue with how busty and skanky the new Barbie is yet, if you look below at all the comments, you might be a little disgusted at how people have viewed this issue. Thoughts? |
There is quite a possibility that I may not have deemed this newsworthy.
Do me a fave tho, just because I don't post it doesn't mean you have to preface the article with what I usually "do" or "don't do".
I'm not in charge of the N&P board so have at it !! It's a free board.
Now...looking at the link itself, it reads more like someone's blog post than an actual news story, so looking at it from that POV, it's not newsworthy.
To the question itself: Let the dollars do the talking, if any parent with a little sense decides not to buy the doll now, guess what? You won't see it come Christmas. This is not a big deal.
You want to talk controversial dolls, you may want to
read this from last year: