Meet the new Barbie...
"tokidoki® Barbie® doll is always ready for cutting-edge fashion! She pops on a pink miniskirt, logo leggings and black top with signature skull heart and bones, carries a large bag from the brand, then adds bracelets, a belt, and sky-high sparkly silvery shoes!"
"This funky fashionista features trendy tattoos and a pink bob."
As a girl, I used to adore Barbie and her plethora of miniature accessories, dream house and swimming pool with the shower on the side that really worked. I still have many of them tucked away in a box in the attic.
But as a mom, I am not a fan at all. It's days like this that I am really grateful I have three boys. It's a scary world out there for mothers of girls. I do think they're still a better pick than a lot of dolls (I'm a fan of Greek Barbie and Hellenic Barbie), like Bratz for example, but if I had a daughter, I don't think we'd be playing Barbies much. I prefer dolls that look like little girls. Like the Madeline line or American Girl dolls. I guess I just see things differently now that I'm older. That's a good thing, right? It's just that growing up among a celebrity adoring, cosmetic surgery obsessed society is difficult enough, why add any more pressure for young girls? I really do believe it is much different for girls today than it was for most of us growing up.
This doll is repulsive to me. It's teaching little girls that looking like this is ok. And don't give me the, "Well, some moms do look like this. Maybe they want their daughters to have a doll that looks like them!" argument. I'm being extremely liberal right now in saying that I agree there are a lot of moms that look this way, and I'm not saying they're bad moms, but if they really want a doll that looks like them, then perhaps Mattel should have a "made to order" option, where parents can change the hair color of their doll and add tattoos, if that is so important. I just don't think a doll like this belongs on a shelf for every little girl looking for a doll to see. Which, honestly, I don't think is even the case. I think that's just the argument that was thrown out there to make more conservative parents look like bigots.
And if it was true that this doll was created with tattooed, pink haired mothers in mind, then maybe someone could explain to me why Babie's pet...I'm not sure what the pet is exactly, cactus bulldog maybe?...is named Bastardino...
"With cactus friend, Bastardino, by her side, she’s ready for fun in fashion-forward form!"
