"A new campaign is taking off on Facebook asking toy-maker Mattel to create a bald Barbie."
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Will Barbie go bold and bald?
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Will Barbie go bold and bald?
The campaigners suggest a “Bald and Beautiful Barbie” will help young girls “who suffer from hair loss due to cancer treatments, alopecia or trichotillomania”. In keeping with Barbie's controversial history, some have disputed these campaigns, on the basis that even if you change the doll's hair, she still presents a terrible body image, the ultimate damaging western ideal.
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