#sjw barbie
it really boils my blood that mattel gets props for having diversity in the fashionistas line when many named, speaking poc characters in the movies don’t get dolls like isla, jenna, samantha, marcus, and genevieve off the top of my head
like this bothers me bc they put these characters in knowing they don’t have to make dolls of them so they’re “safe” diversity whereas everyone goes nuts for the nameless fashionistas you see what I mean
Don’t forget Catherine! I mean, the Christmas Carol line wasn’t that large to begin with (which is disappointing in itself) but she played such a huge role and didn’t get a doll. Same for Hailey.
Nalu and Faban in Fairytopia! (Altho Linden didn’t get a doll either; I think Carlos was the only boy to get one out of like a hundred damn dolls under the Fairytopia label)
Josette in PCS altho she and Lorraine were more minor characters.
Marco and Vivian in Puppy Chase! esp egregious bc their horses come packaged with Barbie and Chelsea lmao. also Lindsay!! she was a major character I don’t care what mattel thinks
this isn’t even going into how when we do get poc characters they sometimes have waaaay lighter skin in the animation than their dolls. DM Isla obviously comes to mind as a recent example but also Cloud Queen Rayla and Princess Ashlyn I think are prominent; or the fact that Mattel often makes AA variants of movie dolls, not just playline, which seems so insidious bc it’s like why couldn’t you just make the character black in the first place? you’ll take their money but you don’t really want to represent those girls do you!
It all comes down to sales, you morons! Mattel is in the business of selling dolls, not catering to your SJW virtue signaling. They won’t do special POC dolls if they don’t think that their investment return will make it worth it. Are you that fucking stupid? Seriously.
