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A boy appears in a Barbie ad for the first time
NY Post ^ | November 16, 2015 | Tim Donnelly

Posted on 11/16/2015 10:21:54 AM PST by conservative98

The war on the pink aisle continues.

The newest ad for Barbie’s Moschino doll line features a new figure for the first time ever — a boy.

“Moschino Barbie is so fierce!” the boy yells before placing a designer purse on the doll’s arm. The ad features him and two girls touting Mattel’s already popular line that includes clothes and accessories from the fashion designer Moschino.

The ad, released earlier this month, is the latest in a series of steps to remove gender from toy shopping. Target made waves this year when it decided to stop labeling toys as for boys or girls, simply using the term “kids” instead, while Hasbro’s Easy-Bake Oven moved to a gender-neutral product a few years ago.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ads; barbie; boys; childhood; homosexualagenda; mattel; target; transgender
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To: real saxophonist
Diver Down!

41 posted on 11/16/2015 10:57:36 AM PST by moehoward
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To: moehoward

“....and then a big brown shark came.” - Eddie Murphy (Delirious)


42 posted on 11/16/2015 10:58:54 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Mr. K

“I am probably responsible for the first Barbie in space.”

You must be a brother.

My older brother was responsible for setting Barbie’s dream house ablaze, with Barbie, Ken, Skipper, Tutti and Todd all inside.


43 posted on 11/16/2015 10:59:04 AM PST by Heart of Georgia (We need Cruz. Simple as that.)
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To: dfwgator

“...to see where da bubbles come frommmmm...”


44 posted on 11/16/2015 11:02:30 AM PST by moehoward
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To: conservative98
My blonde SS action figure had his way with frau Barbie.


45 posted on 11/16/2015 11:03:10 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Boys NEVER played with dolls till the toy makers came up with GI Joe!


46 posted on 11/16/2015 11:23:46 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: tet68

Have to admit....that one they came out with in the 70’s where you turned it’s arm and it grew boobs did kinda fascinate me.


47 posted on 11/16/2015 11:34:23 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: tet68
"Boys have always played with Barbie."

Have to agree. Growing up in the 60's, the neighbor girl across the street was named Barbie. We began "playing" at about 14.

I know that I "played with a Barbie" off and on for several years.

Better times.

48 posted on 11/16/2015 11:35:53 AM PST by skimbell
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To: dfwgator

Everbody knows that Barbie comes with GI Joe.

She only fakes it with Ken ...


49 posted on 11/16/2015 11:37:40 AM PST by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: NorthMountain

Someone needs to post the link to that Nissan commercial where Barbie ditches Ken for GI Joe. With Van Halen’s “Girl You Got Me Goin’” in the background.

Best. Commercial. Ever.


50 posted on 11/16/2015 11:44:17 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: tanknetter
With Van Halen’s “Girl You Got Me Goin’”

Van Halen's cover of the Kinks, "You Really Got Me."

Sorry, I'm a big Kinks fan. On the plus side, Ray Davies said it was a great cover. And it is one of the best covers in rock 'n' roll.

51 posted on 11/16/2015 11:46:39 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7H)
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To: conservative98

Elections have consequences.


52 posted on 11/16/2015 12:10:55 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: MplsSteve; tet68

My son spent much of his childhood tormenting his sisters by doing things to their Barbie dolls,such as putting them face down in the toilet...but he really hated the odious “Ken,” who in my opinion was probably every girl’s best gay friend. That’s okay, because a gay guy can can make wonderful friend for a woman but but he’s not a boyfriend.

I know flushing Barbie isn’t a good thing, but my son didn’t turn out to be a psychotic killer and is quite a normal Navy vet so all is well. I would have been much more bothered had he been picking out purses for his sisters’ Barbies.


53 posted on 11/16/2015 12:30:31 PM PST by livius
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To: tet68

ping
54 posted on 11/16/2015 12:49:43 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: JimRed

Plainly. This isn’t gender-free marketing. My son has plenty of gender-free toys. This is marketing to parents who want their kid to turn out gay.


55 posted on 11/16/2015 12:54:05 PM PST by dangus
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To: conservative98

This sickens me. This is being forced on children. I have never been a Barbie fan but now it’s for a good reason.


56 posted on 11/16/2015 2:46:21 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I am a woman and when we were kids (boys and girls) we liked to take Barbies and blow them up with fire crackers.


57 posted on 11/16/2015 2:47:23 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: tet68

How crude. But it’s our culture now.


58 posted on 11/16/2015 2:48:18 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: conservative98

Back in the day (early 60’s) my Dad would not let my younger brother have a GI Joe because it was a doll.

:)


59 posted on 11/16/2015 2:48:35 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: dsrtsage

This and man buns should do it.


60 posted on 11/16/2015 2:49:37 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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