Tuesday, 25 November 2014

This Article Caused Major Controversy...

This Guardian Article tells the story of major criticism being given to the writer of a story about Barbie which was written with intention of inspiring young girls to have careers in areas they wouldn't necessarily think about entering and also to empower them but instead made Barbie an engineer that couldn't do the job herself unless she had a man to help her. Read the article yourself and see how you feel about the issue and whether it was right that the writer of the book received major criticism from many people.

1 comment:

  1. Good post, Angelica - what a hot topic - sexism between the lines in 'feminist' texts. Brands want to be seen as empowering females but it is all bark and no bite if the ideology doesn't change. Are Mattel getting it right now?

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