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polly7

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Yep, feminism is being commercialized. We're seeing that here too. patrice May 2013 #1
Ugh! All that pink! Like walking through somebody's stomach! Warpy May 2013 #2
Schonheitswahn! great word. Gormy Cuss May 2013 #3
I appreciate their efforts to make the world a slightly less stupid place... nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #4

patrice

(47,992 posts)
1. Yep, feminism is being commercialized. We're seeing that here too.
Thu May 16, 2013, 01:57 PM
May 2013

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
2. Ugh! All that pink! Like walking through somebody's stomach!
Thu May 16, 2013, 02:23 PM
May 2013

That alone is worth protesting.

Still, little girls who love that sort of thing will likely love a pink plastic sexist extravaganza designed to get them to pester their parents for more Barbie crapola.

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
3. Schonheitswahn! great word.
Thu May 16, 2013, 05:13 PM
May 2013

In English it means one of the following:
.. cult of beauty
.. beauty mania
.. obsession with beauty
.. beauty craze

http://en.bab.la/dictionary/german-english/schoenheitswahn

That's the Barbie theme in a nutshell.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
4. I appreciate their efforts to make the world a slightly less stupid place...
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 10:01 PM
Jun 2013
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