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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts) Sun Jan 11, 2015, 02:11 AM Jan 2015

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TYT: Computer Engineer Barbie Needs A Man’s Help To Restart Her Computer

"Barbie is sorry. In a posting on Mattel's Barbie Facebook page Wednesday, the iconic doll apologized for a 2010 children's book that portrays her failed attempt at becoming a computer engineer.

In Barbie: I Can Be A Computer Engineer, Barbie is depicted as totally incompetent, dependent on the help of men and unable to even restart her computer.” *

Gina Grad (http://www.twitter.com/ginagrad) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/AnaKasparian) break it down on The Young Turks.

And as I watched to this segment, all I could think was...

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TYT: Computer Engineer Barbie Needs A Man’s Help To Restart Her Computer (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2015 OP

Sell the company to women. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #1

My girlfriend has one of those dolls on her desk at work Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2015 #2

Somewhere in Arlington National Cemetry, sarge43 Jan 2015 #3

reminds me of this from 1991 GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #4

The amazon reviews tell it like it is! valerief Jan 2015 #5

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

1. Sell the company to women.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2015, 02:30 AM

Jan 2015

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)

2. My girlfriend has one of those dolls on her desk at work

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2015, 04:52 AM

Jan 2015

Although she thinks it's hilarious, she bought it because she has the Linux penguin on her shelf.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)

3. Somewhere in Arlington National Cemetry,

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2015, 07:34 AM

Jan 2015

RAdm Grace Hopper is spinning like a dynamo.

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)

4. reminds me of this from 1991

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2015, 09:46 AM

Jan 2015

valerief

(53,235 posts)

5. The amazon reviews tell it like it is!

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2015, 11:59 AM

Jan 2015

http://www.amazon.com/Actress-Computer-Engineer-Barbie-Pictureback/dp/0449816192

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