This is great news and I'm happy I did my part in not purchasing from American Girl this year.
Hit 'em where it hurts, in the pocketbook. I don't think it would take a marketing genius to figure out that radical feminists and their ilk are NOT buying "American Girl" dolls for their daughters.
Well done!
That's too bad. The upcoming "L'Shaniqua: American Girl" doll was really quite an engineeing accomplishment. The doll had an inflatable stomach that would deflate once the child pressed the "ABORT IT!!" button on the doll's back.
I'm delighted at the corporate response, although perhaps it would be a bit more becoming with a little less chest thumping.
My wife has been a collector of American Girl dolls and has purchased dolls for our granddaughters. However she stopped doing business with the company when the story first surfaced.
I braved the bitter cold last weekend to protest at their Manhattan store..
Protests can be effective...
Coming soon from American Girl:
The Tookie Crips Doll
He's rude! He's loud! And he knows how to beat his ho! For an extra five bucks, you can get the matching 9 mm! Then have him blow away all your innocent Barbie's!
So buy the Tookie Crips Doll today! He's a great Kwanza stocking stuffer! And remember kids, only you can do drugs!
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2551
In this article, AG iterates that it had "partnered"
with Girls Inc. Did anyone on their staff bother
to research Girls Inc thoroughly? I doubt it.
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Now admittedly, I have NOT read these books.
But I'm not about to spend $20 PLUS for them,
either. Our oldest GreatKid is in 8th grade.
She knows what the score is re Gay and Straight
kids; and while she is polite to the ones
she meets in school, she is not about to take
them on as friends. She also informed us that
most of the kids purporting to BE gay, are
actually putting on the act just to impress
others. I would suggest to SHOCK others is more
on the mark...like those sporting their tongue
buttons!