This makes me sick. Wha'Th'Fu', peeps? G*d!!!!! Teaching our children to value, respect, and honor their bodies is one thing (yes, I can say it now: PE class was important); forcing them to adorn themselves with Barbie/Bonnie Bell before they can show their make-up-slathered faces in their 1st Grade classrooms is another (fracked up) thing. This is very different than "playing dress-up."
This is absolutely insidious. For starters, it enforces sexist inequalities of gender before/just as most kids begin to notice regular gender roles. It sends the message that this is needed--to fit in, to be pretty, to be that ephemeral "cool kid." And if this helps you fit in/be pretty/be popular, that means money can buy happiness. It creates a(nother) school time-tangible division between rich and poor kids. Its Evils are many and far-reaching.
What's next? Are little boys going to be required to don faux muscles or "package enhancers"? Ooo, maybe "Barbie Bra Padding--now for toddlers!" I'm writing to Mattel and Bonnie Bell about my concerns; I will also be copying my congressional representatives.
Don't let that bitch, Barbie, tell our children what Womanhood is or what women should be or how they should behave.*
*She already did enough damage in her 1992 Teen Talk Barbie incarnation--"Math class is hard!" but "I love shopping!"
This is absolutely insidious. For starters, it enforces sexist inequalities of gender before/just as most kids begin to notice regular gender roles. It sends the message that this is needed--to fit in, to be pretty, to be that ephemeral "cool kid." And if this helps you fit in/be pretty/be popular, that means money can buy happiness. It creates a(nother) school time-tangible division between rich and poor kids. Its Evils are many and far-reaching.
What's next? Are little boys going to be required to don faux muscles or "package enhancers"? Ooo, maybe "Barbie Bra Padding--now for toddlers!" I'm writing to Mattel and Bonnie Bell about my concerns; I will also be copying my congressional representatives.
Don't let that bitch, Barbie, tell our children what Womanhood is or what women should be or how they should behave.*
*She already did enough damage in her 1992 Teen Talk Barbie incarnation--"Math class is hard!" but "I love shopping!"
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