Posted on 11/14/2017 12:19:23 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
The woman who became the first US Olympian to compete wearing a hijab now has a Barbie modeled after herand it's the first one to wear a headscarf in the doll's 58 years of existence. Bronze medalist and sabre competitor Ibtihaj Muhammad, 31, made headlines when she donned her hijab at the Rio Olympic games last year. Today, she unveiled the doll Mattel made in her honor as part of its 'Shero' line dedicated to inspirational women, which also includes Ava DuVernay, Ashley Graham, who hosted the doll's debut in New York City, Misty Copeland, and Gabby Douglas. Ibtihaj posed with the doll at Glamour's Women of the Year Live Summit, and later raved about her Barbie's debut. 'It's so cool to see myself in this little doll form with my fencing uniform on,' she told People. 'It says my name on the back and it has a fencing mask and the little sabre. I just love it.' The athlete expressed her delight that children who wear headscarves themselves can play with a doll that looks like them. 'I think its revolutionary for Barbie to take a stand in this moment that we're inand I would say, as a country, to have a doll wear a hijab and be the first of its kind,' she added.
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It’s clear many on this thread never had kids with Barbies.
The cloths are ripped off within 5 minutes of opening the box.
How exciting!
Coming soon:
Headless Barbie
Burned to death in a cage Barbie
Raped to death by a muslim gang Barbie
Honor killed by her father and brother Barbie
Ooooh..”slave Barbie” is a hit with the barbarian pervs.
“Mattel is dead to me.”
And to me.
I have had daughters and grandgirls and I have always gotten rid of Barbie. Far too hypersexualized. Now this travesty...
I feel like going on strike. Where can I protest this Barbie?
Yes, the FGM should be obvious beneath the hijab.
Just who is kidding whom?
And then I think, there is far too much complicity among Americans...to promote Islam. Why is that? Is there such a deep hate, resentment of women and girls in this country that our beloved husbands and fathers would not protest the proIslamists? What is it?????
Whose
Come on! Let's show them the real deal.
Does it come with a Ken doll that’s a head choppin’ knife and wife beatin’ cane to keep Barbie in line?
An insult to women everywhere. #BoycottBarbie
I always thought the story was that Barbie and Ken were dating. Won’t they have to make a Muslim Ken doll too, because the current Ken is an infidel? If not that, won’t they have to make a Muslim Barbie’s Father doll to do the honor killing?
Great post, my FRiend!
I am even more glad that I never had any kids & never bought any Mattel products.
I would encourage all parents & grandparents to think again before supporting this company.
Who the hell are they hiring to make these kinds of decisions???
How about a Bill Clinton doll who is a chronic sex abuser???
One of the outrageous aspects of our era is the death of outrage. The yawns have largely won.
BRAVE NEW WORLD, 1984 etc increasingly reign--by design of the king of hell and his oligarchy.
Sweet jeebuz look at those man hands!!!
Here we go again. Read the nightmare scenarios going on in Europe with “these people”.....all you have to do in America is accuse.......in Europe the countries that think these barbarians are going to mix in to the culture of their host countries should see by now they bring their savage culture with them!!!! We need to rid THIS country of these people by extreme surveillance and by HELLO?? BORDER SECURITY AND PICKING AND CHOOSING WHO GETS IN AND WHO DOESN’T!!!!! Mattel should go bankrupt. They’ve gone way over the PC line!
TRUTH!!!!
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