The world first met Barbie, Mattel’s flirty fashionista, in March 1959. Today, every little girl’s best plastic friend shows no signs of retiring. Her supernatural ability to adapt to each generation and pick up brown or Latina girlfriends has spawned many imitators. Still, she reigns. While businesses can learn from her brand, what do women learn?
Is there a way to promote individualized appearance-love and a healthy body image no matter how the dolls girls hold may look? Read We Love Barbie…But We Need New Dolls at BlogHer.com.
All ‘The Doll Project’ photographs republished with kind permission of the artist.
To learn more about Gholar’s artwork and THE DOLL PROJECT book, you may visit www.TiffanyGholar.com.
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WE HAVE BEEN LEADING THE FIGHT FOR BLACK DOLLS WITH BLACK FEATURES,HAIR ETC. THERE ARE PLENTY NOW EVEN BARBIE HAS BLACK DOLLS! BLACK CHILDREN NEED BLACK DOLLS FOR POSITIVE BLACK IDENTITY! QUEENS OF AFRICA HAVE SOME GREAT BLACK DOLLS TOO!
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Hello Yeye, Yes I just found out about Queens of Africa dolls and I included that in the piece over in BlogHer, because I had no clue about them before. I am glad there is a united front for some better choices…Many blessings, Kalisha
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SISTER KALISHA-STAY BLACK-WITH MANY BLACK ACTIONS!
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