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Mattel just launched a gender-inclusive doll line

Mattel launched a line of gender-inclusive dolls Wednesday, called "Creatable World." The line's premise is all about customization, creating a toy that isn't dictated by gender norms.

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Mattel just launched a gender-inclusive doll line
By Leah Asmelash, CNN

Updated 0507 GMT (1307 HKT) September 25, 2019

Mattel launched a line of gender-inclusive dolls Wednesday.
(CNN)Mattel is probably most known for its hyper-feminine Barbie dolls -- but now, they're making something a little bit different.
Mattel launched a line of gender-inclusive dolls Wednesday, called "Creatable World." The line's premise is all about customization -- of hair, clothes and accessories -- creating a toy that isn't dictated by gender norms.

The doll kits offer both feminine and masculine-presenting options for hair, clothes and accessories.
Some options are more feminine-presenting, while others are more masculine-presenting, which allows kids to combine the elements any way they want to, said Kim Culmone, senior vice president of Mattel Fashion Doll Design.
"We see this line as an opportunity for us to open up that dialogue around what dolls are for and who dolls are for," Culmone said. "And also as the world begins the celebrate the positive impact of inclusivity, we absolutely fundamentally believed it was time to launch a doll line free of labels and free of rules for kids."
The idea for the line comes from concern from both parents and children about the gender of toys, Mattel said in a statement. The line consists of six different doll kits, retailing for about $44 and available in a variety of skin tones. Each kit has one doll, two hairstyle options (one longer, one shorter) and varying clothes.

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[ES 195]

They're just dolls that little girls are going to misgender when they play with them because they look like boys . The worse thing I can see from this will be woke parents getting overly angry at their kids for not knowing about their dumb made up gender garbage.

 

[LordofTendons]

Mattel just keeps going further and further down the shitter.

 

[CheezzyMach]

44$? Yeah, something tells me kids aren't the target market for these dolls.

Anyway didn't Mattel do a fat Barbie a couple of years ago that fell like a rock? Why do these companies keep doing stupid stunts like this?

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

And this, Mattel, is why people laugh at you.

 

[Damn Near]

I like the faceless, decapitated heads on poles behind the dolls

 

[neverendingmidi]

Ah, the nuttiness of BJD on a budget!

I shook my head at the "who's doll is trans" threads and descriptions of what dremel bits to use to cut off boobs on their $500 doll.

 

[Clop]

How the fuck are they supposed to be troons if dolls don't have genitalia to begin with? An agendered thing has nowhere to go, geniuses.

 

[Dynastier]

When will the dolls with cutting scars all over them come out? I can't identify with a mentally healthy doll! Validate my mental illness!

 

[DarkWestern]

I wonder if they will have interchangeable genitalia so kids can swap them out like they pretend to do in real life.

 

[MasterDisaster]

44$ starter kit and probably hundreds of dollars worth of clothing, accessories and playsets?
Sounds like they're trying to corner a market no one else cared about. Remember when Lego tried to push girl Legos when in reality Legos were never considered just toys for boys?

 

[Mike R]

Finally the neurotic politically correct all inclusive snowflake culture has permeated into children's toys.

 

[CheezzyMach]

Finally the neurotic politically correct all inclusive snowflake culture has permeated into children's toys.

Mattel made a fat Barbie 4 years ago.

Dumbass stunts like this are not new to them.

 

[DarkWestern]

Mattel made a fat Barbie 4 years ago.

Dumbass stunts like this are not new to them.

I dunno man, she's not that fat. The doll equivalent of me would hit it.

 

[Freddy Freaker]

I dunno man, she's not that fat. The doll equivalent of me would hit it.

This is going straight into random text.txt

Anyway while this is dumb and cringe, ultimately its mostly gonna be the traditional audience who gets these. Maybe a few boys unlucky enough to be born to costal creatures. Possibly some teachers use this though. Idk

 

[moocow]

How the fuck are they supposed to be troons if dolls don't have genitalia to begin with?

Like any good troon, they don't actually have bottom surgery. That and they want these to be "do it yourself" kits, so get out those scalpels, kids, and scrape out a fancy gash to show all your friends! The doll, I meant the doll!

 

[Pitere pit]

I like how in an age of blind virtue signaling most people can't see that these dolls only fill the pockets of CEOs but with a woke image. Sure they are 100% gender neutral for kids even the factories where they came from are gender neutral too, there are little boys and girls making them.
Lazy virtue signaling is lazy.

 

[Clop]

Like any good troon, they don't actually have bottom surgery. That and they want these to be "do it yourself" kits, so get out those scalpels, kids, and scrape out a fancy gash to show all your friends! The doll, I meant the doll!

Kids who get this shit from their progressive parents have their own razors in their purses already, and are plenty proficient in using them by now.

 

[LordofTendons]

You can get craft plastic to make whatever attachments on the dolls you want. Nipples, penises, vulva, it's all out there. The stuff that goes on in Barbie sex dungeons is everything that goes on in Back Door Sluts 9. You can make a plastic stink ditch if you want.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

They cancelled Monster High for this wtf