[Marxism] Barbie

["Stacey Barber" <emusis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 14:34:31 +0200
From: "Jurriaan Bendien" <andromeda246@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Marxism] Barbie
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Obviously I am not a fan of Klaus Barbie, I was talking about the Barbie
doll debate. When I was in Morocco, I was reading an article by Maureen Dowd
in the IHT about Barbie dolls. Specifically, the Saudi Commission for the
Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice had warned that these "Jewish"
dolls - banned in Saudi Arabia for a decade - are a threat to Islam. The
Associated Press then reported that a message posted on the religious
police's Web site chided: "Jewish Barbie dolls, with their revealing clothes
and shameful postures, accessories and tools are a symbol of decadence to
the perverted West. Let us beware of her dangers and be careful." So even a
bit of plastic can be a source of political dispute.

Jurriaan

And if i'm acting like a king
I said well, i'm a human being
And if i want too many things
Don't you know that i'm a human being
And if i've got to dream
Baby baby, i'm a human being
And when it gets a bit obscene (wooah)
I'm a human being
And i've got to go around with my head hung down
Just like a human being
We're all just human being
And i can hold my head so high
Cause i'm a human, a first class human being

- "Human being", by the New York Dolls, from "Too much too soon" album


Well, it really doesn't seem to be Barbie dolls anymore that are the popular
thing with young girls.  At least not with the girls I babysit . Those Bratz
dolls seem to be all the rage, which are pretty hip hop and pretty much the
opposite of good ol' white bread barbie.  Not that I consider that progress,
considering how commercialized hip hop's become.  I guess it's similar thing
to white suburban (or even rural) boys listening to rap music.

Stacey


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