Jimpink wrote:It was inevitable that I would eventually get some miniature fun going on at the House of Pink and sure enough a few weeks ago two Phicens arrived.
Many messages later with the miniature experts I'm getting closer to being able to show off the new dolls but in the meantime here's someone else who is ready to kick off this new thread, let me introduce Kira Laine!
She's from Mattel's recent range of modern Barbies called Creatable World. A contentious advertising angle of "gender neutral" each doll comes across as very androgynous but with absolutely no defining gender features at all. Some have said cleaning all the gender from these dolls isn't particularly pleasing or the right message to shout about. A more appropriate term for those who cannot be easily contained by regular labels would be gender fluid, allowing more room to expand on whatever you want to identify as. I would agree gender neutral isn't brilliant but at least this is some sort of step in the right direction.
Kira has a few friends waiting to say hello too. And the Phicens will soon be making an appearance once they've decided what to wear!
I like Kira Lane! her hairdo is spot on, you know my tastes, and I'm really looking forward to see the Phicens! won't we get at least a tiny premiere or sneak peek?
As for these (beautiful) Mattel dolls being advertised as gender neutral, what can I say. I wish they wouldn't advertise them as anything regarding genders whatsoever, that would mean those don't need to be marketed towards that way which in turn would mean we all got over it. Sensitive material but there's a fight going on and of course big names from many big industries that want their piece of the cake while slapping that sticker is profitable. Due to my close contact with the community my condition is not that of just a sympathiser but an activist myself (my sister is trans and the irrational hate out there is something to fight against, period). It IS indeed some sort of step in the right direction as you very well said. There was a day when homosexuals went through the same (the only thing different now is social media and the ability to cherry pick information to build up your own story about everything). Today the levels of acceptance they are in are starting to be just tolerable.
Time will tell, and irrationality on any subject has an expiration date - only helps us develop the rational counterpart to it so, in some ways, irrationality makes us more rational. Did I make any sense or am I just rambling?
Congrats on displaying Kira and looking forwards the Phicens, mate!