FEMINIST FINDS BARBIE A GRIND
FEMINIST FINDS BARBIE A GRIND
SAN FRANCISCO (Wireless Flash) – A new survey which shows Barbie.com is one of the top websites among young girls is rubbing one feminist the wrong way. San Francisco-based feminist author Varla Ventura says Barbie’s image and marketing techniques skew a young girl’s reality as to what a woman should be. Ventura fears the doll manufacturer’s marketing program is planting seeds in young girls minds, but “Instead of looking like your Barbie, you should make your Barbie look like you,” says Ventura. She recommends girls start styling their Barbie dolls by coloring or cutting the hair, or – as one of her friends once did – by grinding Barbie’s boobs off on the sidewalk so she could easily fit into G.I. Joe’s wardrobe.
Tue 07-03-01