I wonder how this stuff keeps happening at Mattel - whether it's because they insert flirtation with boys into every Barbie story, or there was an actual directive to make her look ditzy for marketing reasons.
Edit: our fave so far: http://computer-engineer-barbie.herokuapp.com/view/115
http://blog.halon.org.uk/2014/11/barbie-the-debian-developer...
Barbie debian developer + systemD. Wins hands down!
Lamilly[2] was successfully crowdfunded, manufactured, and is shipping soon. She's already a world traveler and will surely have more career options than Barbara soon.
Great work, although with just a little more work, I think the font could match the one in the book a little better.
Here's a couple about "fags", drugs and overall trolling
http://computer-engineer-barbie.herokuapp.com/view/42
Maybe Barbie's team's organization was agreed upon by all members and she WANTED to do the design work while the two guys did the actual coding. Maybe she plans to do the coding for the next project. A better name would have been Coder Team Barbie. Let's start there.
When you make a big deal out of stuff like this, you're turning it into the thing against which you are claiming to fight.
Stop "playing the victim" and make a better version without the elitist SJW attitude. The first step toward equality is to stop being the bully or the victim, whichever one applies.
I'm not sure why you feel the urge to play devil's advocate. My wife (a developer) pointed it out to me yesterday. She wasn't enraged, but she thought it was comically misogynistic, and I don't see how anyone would disagree.
My daughter certainly doesn't need this kind of influence, and I'd prefer the doll/book be pulled from the shelves and fixed.
Maybe you should take your own advice.
SJW != progressive. SJWs are the ones who ruin it for normal people who want to make things better. They're like boneheads in relation to skinheads. Skinheads were blue collar, pro-average-person advocates. Boneheads then co-opted the style but replaced the peaceful intent with neo-nazi diatribe and conflict.
By suggesting that people should stop being the bully or victim, I'm saying that they should be conscious of their own misogyny (or similar thoughts/actions) or learn how to make positive changes rather than being angry and mob-like all the time.
Extremism is a dangerous thing.
