Tattoo Barbie, Pregnant Barbie, Trashy Barbie-Ban Barbie Once and For All
Tattoo Barbie? But of course there’s now a tattoo Barbie! Totally Pierced Barbie is sure to be next on Mattel’s list of upcoming toys coming soon to a toy store near you! It was just a matter of time before Barbie doll maker Mattel would introduce Totally Stylin’ Tattoo Nikki
Tattoo Barbie
Why not consider an age-appropriate doll that looks real, which is the Only Hearts Club dolls (and others), as the Only Hearts girls are one of the best Barbie alternative dolls on the market today?
Back in 1999, Mattel introduced its first tattoo Barbie by the name of “Butterfly Art Barbie”, with a large butterfly tattoo covering her mid-drift area, which also came with tattoos for children. Butterfly Art Barbie was yanked from toy store shelves after four months due to a storm of controversy by outraged parents.
The Sexualization of Children
Mattel is either not paying attention or doesn’t care about the growing concern over the sexualization of children in today’s society, and how their continued efforts to market inappropriate toys to children is harming kids. This new Barbie with all her tattoos is a big hit amongst clueless parents, with some stores being completely sold out of the tattoo-stamped doll, while informed parents are furious and demanding that Barbie be banned.
It wasn’t long ago that “Pregnant Barbie
Media efforts to sexualize children and turn young girls into little Lolita’s is very real in our society, and toy makers and marketers continue to target young girls and boys with their ideas of fun toys for kids, regardless of the harmful effects brought on by inappropriate clothes and toys made for children.
Parents, if you really want your daughter to grow up dressing and acting like a two-cent skank, keep on buying your little girls street-walker Bratz dolls, push-up bras, thongs, “eye candy” panties, mini or micro-mini skirts, sequined crop-tops and other hooker-style “fashionable” outfits, and the trouble you’re having with your daughter will be unlike anything you could have imagined.
Go ahead, turn a blind eye and claim that Tattoo Barbie
At least some of us are paying close attention to the crap manufacturers and marketers are constantly trying to shove down our throats, while they continue to line their own pockets with your hard-earned money, while at the same time your kids are suffering the harmful effects of the sexualization of children in society today.
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Brilliant as always. The sexualisation of children through corporate pedophilia and ill informed parenting has got to stop.
BAN Barbie.
This one is tongue in cheek – Divorce Barbie – she comes with all of Ken’s accessories.
Gosh Lin.. U have raised such an intriguing point! In fact the other day I was at the mall and I noticed this kid.. should’nt be more than 6-7 years sporting a backless dress holding a doll wearing something of the same sorts. It was not about the dress but just that the way she carried herself. Kids seem to have lost all innocence today in their pursuit to emulate these toys..
Hi Megan,
Mattel and other toy makers just don’t stop, do they? It’s all about the Almighty dollar, and the fact that children are being sexualized from a very young age hasn’t clicked in many parents minds, and they just keep buying crap like this for their kids.
Janet, I know. The junk that can be found in clothing stores for children is atrocious. And don’t forget the high heel baby shoes that was in the news not too long ago.
hey Lin,
We were at a toy store a few years ago and noticed Barbie had her own VISA logo credit card (I guess visa outbid mastercard and amex). It’s never to early to get kids hooked on debt!
I’m just waiting for the “subprime mortgage” Barbie to come out… unless they already missed their chance on that. ~ Steve (aka displays)
Hi Steve, I remember seeing those Visa Barbie dolls too. One of the links in this post included information on the Girlz Really Rock! Bratz doll named Cloe that was wearing a belt that said “Enter.”
Some children that I know personally have wanted and asked for various Bratz dolls for Christmas or for their Birthday, but I absolutely refuse to buy that crap for anyone’s kids, regardless of who they are. I’m wondering when Mattel will come out with an Octuplets mom sorta Barbie doll.
Lin, I think the Barbie collection should have another new version here: Banned Barbie! lol
Honestly, thanks to the Barbie, my 5 years old niece is starting to act like an big adult and always asked something that shouldn’t be asking, especially the Sex things!
Wilson, I’m not surprised at all that your niece would start acting more “grown up”, or asking questions about adult things. Late last night I saw information online that says there is currently an effort going on to Ban Barbie with the help of a West Virginia Legislator Jeff Eldridge’s House bill 2918.
House Bill 2918, introduced Tuesday, would make it unlawful to sell Barbie and similar dolls “that promote or influence girls to place an undue importance on physical beauty to the detriment of their intellectual and emotional development.”
“That’s the image out there that’s the most impressionable on our younger children, especially our little girls — ‘I want to be like Barbie,’” said the bill’s sponsor, Delegate Jeff Eldridge, D-Lincoln. “If we had that other image of Barbie being smart, and beautiful as well, I think that would be a great image to send to our young kids. ”
Apparently, from news reports, there has been previous attempts to Ban Barbie but those attempts failed. What a shame.
Why don’t they just go the whole hog and release crack whore Barbie? Maybe they’re saving that one for next year…
Damian, LOL
Tattoo Barbie is bad enough, along with pregnant Barbie, but “crack whore barbie” is just way over the top.
Of course, there is still time for Mattel to consider “Gangsta Barbie”, “Octuplets Barbie”, “Gold Digger Barbie” etc.
Hi Lin – The makers of these dolls should be flogged in public. I get searches on my blog from little girls who want to know “how to look like Barbie” and it’s so sad.
My daughter, who is 11, was just saying that many of the “popular crowd” at school don’t eat.
Hi Cath, some of the words people use to come to this blog are quite scary. I’d much prefer someone show up trying to find out how to look like Barbie than the weirdos looking for “little lolitas”, “young sexy girls”, “very young girls”, “very young little girls”, “sexy children” and others I won’t mention.
Have you heard the news about “Dora the Explorer Going Skank”? I’m not at all surprised, but a lot of people think it’s funny and a joke, but they are clueless about the Sexualization of Children and its harmful effects, and they don’t take the time needed to really research what sexualizing girls and boys really means.
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Honestly, I think parents are over-reacting to this. I myself am not a parent, but I do remember wanting to have a pregnant Barbie when I was growing up. I don’t find anything wrong with that either, didn’t we all have baby dolls when were imaginative little girls that loved to play house? What is the difference in a doll house with a full family (mother, father, boy, girl, and baby) from a pregnant Barbie who does have a husband doll and a little boy doll?
Also, (Temporary) Tattoo Barbie isn’t all that bad either. Basically the little kids that like to use Temp Tats that they buy from those gumball machines can now use it on their favorite doll. Back in the day, I would get those things for free in my cereal box. I never heard anyone complain about it then.
Then again, I am biased towards any Barbie doll over those now gone Bratz dolls. I loath those things, they are the ones that should have been banned a long time ago before being sued by Mattel. In a way I think that Mattel does in fact care for the creativity of the little girls that play with their dolls. Barbie should do anything and everything that she can do, be it an astronaut, a doctor, lawyer, a tattoo loving free spirit, a homemaker, or a ridiculous career changing chick that refuses to marry her long time boyfriend.
I think this is silly … I understand that it requires sex to become pregnant but is it really offensive to see a pregnant woman? Do we cover our children’s eyes when a pregnant woman walks by and think “Oh my, she’s had sex!” It isn’t like the baby comes out vaginally or that the doll and her husband actually have to do anything to conceive. The tattoos aren’t that big of a deal either. Temporary tattoos are a lot of fun and we used to wear them all the time as kids. No tattoos yet!
I am more concerned with TV in general and all of the billboards with half naked women advertising porn shops.
Let me start by saying that I bought my 7 year old tattoo barbie and she has not yet once asked me for a real tattoo lol.
I am not “clueless” as the article states. I teach my daughter that dressing in a provocative manner (like the Bratz dolls) will get her the wrong kind of attention and I dont let her nor will I as she gets to older, dress in a manner which would allow the wrong kind of attention.
Why cant the people who dont like these dolls just laugh it off and NOT buy it? OR how about this one….why not be honest with your kids and guide them and use these toys as a tool for their questions. (like do tattoos hurt, or telling them that Barbie is married so married people can have babies)
Why shelter them to the point that they may go behind your back and get a tattoo or experiment with sex without telling you
I think that there is times to sheild your child and times not to. A doll is a doll. Kids should have a chance to learn that. If you dont like the way a doll is dressed then express that to your child when they say they want it and try and find something that you both can agree on instead spending time writing the company trying to get it off the shelves.
And by the way why is it so bad that kids have temporary tattoos, but its ok that Tanner, Barbies dog can eat his own S**T?
[...] Parents are looking for an alternative doll for their little girls to enjoy, especially since Barbie dolls and Bratz dolls, Dora the Explorer (amongst others), have been “updating” the clothes these dolls are [...]
I agree with you on half of the issue. I have a fiance that has many tattoos and I don’t think a tattoo barbie is expliciting any kind of sex. I think that expressing yourself with temporary tattoos is NOT a bad thing. I don’t mind if my son wants to look like his dad. Now the pregnant barbie and maybe the crackwhore barbie need to not be released, but I think that tattoos should be recognized as art!
John, tattoos in and of themselves are not bad, and neither are “temporary tattoos”. A couple of my own grown children have tattoos and one son is a professional tattoo artist. I have no problem with people choosing to get tattoos for themselves, as adults. But for marketers to be targeting children with toys and products that push for more adult type choices such as whether or not to get a tattoo, that’s entirely different.
I have another perspective. I think pregnant Barbie was about the desexualization of children. “Barbie” is about sex appeal, with her looks of perfection that can cause young girls to have an unhealthy view and expectation of their bodies. We see this in magazines, media, and hollywood. Pregnant Barbie “bucks” that body image, with one that most women experience. One that is the prelude to body image issues, the after childbirth body. I am just sad they didn’t make a second line of her dolls with 10 extra bounds and stretch marks!!! I suppose they could have just made baby and mom, but their marketed intent at the time was to blow the “body image” issue out of the water. Funny they very people they wanted to impress were the ones which rejected their idea.
Hi Le,
I can respect your opposite opinion of the pregnant Barbie, but I do disagree. Marketers are simply out of the control with their tactics towards children, and I’m just glad I’m one of many people who are broadcasting the problems. I would imagine that the only way to really get the attention of the people responsible for marketing crud to our kids is to hit them in their wallets – don’t buy the junk and maybe just maybe…they’ll stop making and marketing crap like this to our kids.