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Mattel releases 'Blind Barbie' doll, plus 'Black Barbie doll with Down syndrome'
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| 7/23/2024
| Christine Rousselle
Posted on 07/23/2024 12:36:06 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick
Yeah—she does minor variations in the last couple of minutes—absolutely hilarious.
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posted on
07/23/2024 2:44:45 PM PDT
by
cgbg
("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
To: RummyChick
The Lesbian Barbie accessories include a brush, comb and di/do
82
posted on
07/23/2024 2:45:39 PM PDT
by
Toespi
( )
To: RummyChick
I really do not have a problem with this. It may not be so much for a kid who is blind or has Downs Syndrome themselves, but then a kid girl with Down’s might want a doll that looks at least somewhat like themselves (but let’s face it - no Barbie doll is an accurate representation of any living person), it might also be because that the girl that has a sister or aunt, cousin, friend, etc. who is blind or had DS.
They might want to play with dolls that not only look like themselves, but also look like the people they know.
I remember when my niece’s triplet girls first started playing with dolls, first baby dolls and then eventually Barbies. The girls were looking at the Toys R Us before Christmas catalogue one year, putting together their Santa list, when one of them picked out a Black Barbie.
Her mom asked why she picked out that particular Barbie, she told her mom it was because it looked like her mom’s best friend, who happened to be a kind, loving, committed Christian, and beautiful Black woman who my niece had been best friends with for most of her life.
Her daughter greatly admired her mother’s friend.
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posted on
07/23/2024 2:49:44 PM PDT
by
MD Expat in PA
(No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
To: dragnet2
When I was a kid, I had a “Midge” doll. She was Barbie’s friend, and compared to Barbie, she was homely.
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posted on
07/23/2024 2:53:34 PM PDT
by
Nea Wood
( )
To: Nea Wood
I think this is their shave and play Barbie.
85
posted on
07/23/2024 2:56:53 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: RummyChick
I want a libtard Barbie with crossed eyes
86
posted on
07/23/2024 3:10:10 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it 🤪)
To: RummyChick
Wait... the others can see us????
87
posted on
07/23/2024 3:10:21 PM PDT
by
dangus
To: dangus
HEY YOU GUYS!!! Come on Chunk...
88
posted on
07/23/2024 3:54:50 PM PDT
by
Glad2bnuts
(“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
To: william clark
How will they know its not just some regular Barbie.
89
posted on
07/23/2024 4:07:48 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
To: RummyChick
90
posted on
07/23/2024 4:38:19 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
To: RummyChick
Who is blind Barbie FOR? The blind kid can’t see it.
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posted on
07/23/2024 4:59:05 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
To: RummyChick
92
posted on
07/23/2024 5:10:02 PM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: RummyChick
I’m hearing impaired. I wear hearing aids. I can’t even imagine how a little girl would play with a hearing impaired Barbie.
Not amused. Screw you, Mattel….
93
posted on
07/23/2024 6:21:47 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: Nea Wood
I also had a midge doll. I can still remember the hair . It was not a cute hair flip one. I don’t know what kind of hair style you call it but not a look little girls want.
To: RummyChick
In 1962 “Midge” had a “That Girl” flip haircut
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posted on
07/25/2024 5:35:54 AM PDT
by
AbolishCSEU
(Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
To: SpaceBar
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posted on
07/25/2024 5:38:24 AM PDT
by
AbolishCSEU
(Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
To: AbolishCSEU
Mine was the other version. Kind of a rats nest
To: RummyChick
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posted on
07/25/2024 5:44:15 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Never give up; never surrender!)
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