The fact that “dolls having a tea party” has stuck around in the public consciousness is fascinating to me.
Back in the Old Days, women did socialize at tea parties. So if a girl had a doll tea party, she was imitating her mom / other contemporary women.
But in Modern Times, women don’t have tea parties. So now, “dolls having a tea party” is an echo of an extinct behavior, repeated through the years until it’s no longer associated with anything ‘real’–only with play.
A Barbie themed for a tea party is a bit like if they made Transformers that turned into stagecoaches and horse-drawn buggies.
So you’re saying the modern equivalent would be dolls having an multi level marketing sales party?
damn, spitting truths
I strongly desire both
MLM sales party Barbie, and
horse-drawn stagecoach transformers (honestly I would watch that as an entire cartoon series)
