This is a post from our sister site, TheGloss.
Lock up your daughters! tokidoki has designed a barbie doll with pink hair, tattoos and heart-and-crossbones t-shirt.
That’s right! The youth of America stands to be corrupted in the most egregious of ways…oh wait. Barbie has already corrupted the youth of America. She’s already become a symbol of beauty physically impossible to achieve, no matter how hard you try. She’s encouraged girls to think that math isn’t easy. Oh, and her sole goal in life?
This guy.
But that hasn’t stopped some parents from shitting their drawers over her latest iteration. Babble quotes one commenter at a blog called Ms. Twixt as saying, “Is Mattel crazy? Selling Barbie dolls with tattoos? That was almost as bad as having a pregnant Barbie or Skipper! Is someone on drugs at Mattel??? Can’t really believe this at all! Why don’t they make a suicide Barbie,complete with rope and gun!” More »