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Who would ever have thought that religious groups wouldn’t warm to the idea of an S&M looking Barbie? Some people are surprisingly uptight. Mattel has just come out with a new Barbie based on the Black Canary superhero. And apparently the Black Canary is a big, big skank.
BARBIE’S new S&M look has whipped up a storm – with protesters dubbing it “filth”.
The doll’s image is transformed with kinky fishnets, motorcycle jacket, black gloves and boots.
Makers Mattel say Black Canary Barbie, out in September, is based on a DC comic superhero of the same name.
But religious group Christian Voice said: “Barbie has always been on the tarty side and this is taking it too far.
A children’s doll in sexually suggestive clothing is irresponsible – it’s filth.”
[From the Sun]
Okay I have to admit that while I found this story mildly amusing in general, the real reason I love it is the line “Barbie has always been on the tarty side.” So true. I don’t know about the rest of you, but my Barbies were major sluts. My mom made the mistake of letting me watch Days of Our Lives with her from a very early age, and as a result I had a really dramatic – and skanky – view of adult relationships. Thus by the age of seven my Barbies were getting it on in the kitchen, nearly breaking the ill-fitting hot pink 1980’s trash compactor.
You can dress that girl as an astronaut or one of those fancy, high end Bob Mackie Barbie dresses. I don’t care. The woman has the soul of a skank, Mattel is just smart enough to stop fighting it.
Note by Celebitchy: Here’s another picture of the cartoon Black Canary, thanks to Inventor Spot, who also points us to the Catwoman Barbie, which doesn’t look all that different from this one. And here’s a link to photos of all the Barbies in the DC Superheros line out this year. They retail for $35.
Written by JayBird
Posted in Barbie, Religion, Sluts
35 Responses to “S&M Barbie doesn’t go over well with conservative Christians… surprisingly”
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Oh wow! The Wonderwoman one is brilliant. I might have to try get a hold of one of those so she can make out with my husband’s Superman action figure *hee!*
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It’s probably more for Barbie collectors than children. A lot of Barbies are aimed at the collectors. These dolls are quite expensive for a child’s toy, especially when they’ll mess it up by playing with it and cut it’s hair off, give it a different outfit, and draw all over it with a pen. I think the cheaper Barbies are better for kids.
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Funny article as usual JB! Yeah, I would venture a guess that everybody made their Barbies have raunchy sex. It got boring otherwise. We even made a Barbie striptease video, which came out pretty hilarious. The only music track I had onhand was Dave Edmunds “Falling in Love Again”. I still crack up, thinking about Barbie yanking off her bra jerkily whenever I hear that song.
Oh, and Wonder Woman Barbie? Looks exactly like Jordan with her new Clairol blueblack hair.
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I think the important question is…Jaybird? Did you turn out to be a total skank? My barbies were superfreaks too, I thought that the ultimate adult life would be a sex-fest. Turns out that I’m rather causious sexually now. Definitely NOT a tart. Perhaps having an outlet to work your curiosities out safely is a great thing.
I’m not buying that barbie for my 4-yr old though.
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Oh please!! This is made for comic collectors, not little girls! Also, Black Canary has been dressed like that since the 1940’s. How is it that people are just now noticing? Drives me crazy…
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also here’s a thought - if you don’t approve of the black canary barbie for your children -don’t get it for them! can’t shield them from every little thing in the world - might as well start learning now how to regulate and educate!
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I like her. S&M’s mainstream now. Just Barbie moving with the times.
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Members of the Christian Voice, go back to crocheting your Bible covers and let parents decide what to buy/not buy their kids.
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I am a total liberal but I always have thought Barbie looks “somewhat tarty” too!
I remember a couple years ago seeing a Barbie in our grocery store toy area. She was wearing short shorts and looking as cheap as ever, and I looked at the box, and it said “Call Girl Barbie.” Well, actually it said “Cali Girl Barbie” and I misread it. But her fun-loving Cali Girl outfit DID look like something a hooker would wear!
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Christian conservatives MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.. WHO ARE YOU TO decide what other ADULTS can do with their lives. Give me a break. YOU ALL ARE THE WORST KIND OF PEOPLE. You really are. Take your old selfs and go to Bingo and let the rest of the world make their own choices. I am so sick of these wierdos spewing their hate and trying to wrap it in a nice little religious box. I AM A CHRISTIAN, and I am ashamed to read about bible thumpers like this in the news everyday. That is NOT WHAT GOD WANTS.
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bingo! hah! that made me laugh. like barbie’s ever been anything other than ’sexually suggestive.’ duh people, thats why she sells.
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My brother took several of my Barbie dolls and drew big nipples and pubic hair on them with black permanent marker.
Try explaining that to your mom!
He used to try and “get” the Barbie doll and I believe Skipper, to “go out” with his GI Joe dolls quite often too.
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oh jaybird…thanks for sharing. you are not alone. damn, my barbies did it daily, nightly and ever so rightly.
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I watched Days with my grandmother while she folded the laundry.I think she pretty cool too. And I really like the Batgirl & Supergirl Barbies!!
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How fabulous is the Wonder Woman, but it really isnt any different. Okay so Barbie is wearing fishnets. Big Deal. I say the same thing to the people that dont like this doll as I said about Tipper Gore in the 80’s. If you dont like it, dont look, dont listen to it, dont buy it. The amazing thing about the USA is we have the freedom to choose.
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I dont see what the big deal is. Its a barbie doll… think about it this isnt something a child has not seen before. More than likely your child has seen something you felt they arent old enough to see whether it was on tv, at a restuarant, grocery store, the public park, or even school- it has happened, and will again. Its not like Barbie is naked or has detailed body parts like you can see her titties and instead of changing barbies outfits you decide if her pussy is shaved or not. I mean, im just saying they could have taken it a lot further. Whole time, this particular barbie is not even anything unique. ITs a barbie with an outfit on that can be found on other dolls as well- they just dont have the official barbie logo or whatever. Basically if you dont like it or support the decision then dont buy the ba:mrgreen: rbie.
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Nothing wrong with being a tart. Not that I ever was one…I’m more the lady in the living room/whore in the bedroom type…but they all do seem to have a lot of fun.
I do get tired of people who try to censor or tell me what my offspring should or should not have or play with or read. Take care of your own kids, I’ll handle mine. And just because you are offended by it does not mean it shouldn’t be offered to those who are not. You aren’t being forced to buy it.
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Oh, please indeed. All of Barbie’s clothes make her look like a whore, not just these. Isn’t that part of her appeal? Who thinks of her as wholesome, anyway? My Barbies were *always* fucking, too, and my parents were very worried about me (not only for that)! But all the Days of Our Lives I watched with my grandma didn’t seem to have any effect on it. I guess it was all in my head
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I can’t stand Bible Thumpers.
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I gotta get me a S&M Barbie for my collection of Barbie’s that I turned into strippers.
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What, did everyone have the collective experience of watching Days of Our Lives with their grandmothers? I totally did, and The Doctors too. (I know, that’s waaaaaay back in the day.)
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Heck yeah! I can totally remember eating PB&J sammies on white bread (with the crusts cut off) and watching Days! It was way to hot to go outside at 1 in the afternoon in a South Carolina summer so we hung out with Grandma. And then it was usually off to the playground…
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I think that I am more offended by the Bratz dolls-baby looking faces with hoochie makeup and clothes. Whether you agree or not, there is a situation with the oversexualization of kids. If there wasn’t why would the term prostitots have been coined? I’ve gone to my daughter’s school and seen girls in the 3rd and 4th grade in too short, too tight, too grown up of outfits. I’m no prude either, I was a bit of a wild child in my younger days. Why is there such a rush to have the little ones grow up? I guess I find it a little disheartening- Just my two cents.
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the head looks like Miley Cyrus
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Oh please please please come out with new DC villian dolls too! I’ve already got a Poison Ivy and a Harley Quinn one, give a Catwoman too! (I’m not wanting to buy them because they’re Barbies, I’m just a HUGE fan of Batman villianesses)
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What irritates me about this kind of stuff is it’s very simple. If you don’t like it, DON’T BUY IT. The end.
It’s a collector’s barbie for adults/comic book collectors or those people who have every barbie ever made. It’s not meant to be a toy.
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texasmom, i JUST found that barbie in my garage from when i was a little kid, and i literally said “wtf was i thinking?”
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Actually I never did watch Days of Our Lives with my grandma.
I watched it as an adult (more or less) pregnant with my first child.
By the second child, I’d gotten a sewing machine and that was more entertaining.
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Two comments from my oddball point of view: I don’t like Bratz or Barbies, not in the make-a-big-fuss-about-it way, but I don’t especially want them in my house. And I sure enough didn’t buy any for my kids. But they sure enough get them as birthday presents! So it does kind of matter to everyone what is at large. I can definitely turn the TV off, etc., but what is at large is what your kids are going to encounter. (BTW, I don’t dislike these dolls in a bible-thumping way, their aesthetics and weird body images gross me out.)
My other weird comment is that now that the Bratz have infiltrated my house, I don’t mind them as much as Barbies! My girls like to play with them in the bathtub. It turns out that the worst thing about them is their slutty little outfits. Once they are naked, they look like little cartoon dolls with their giant heads (and no feet!) and their bodies look more like girls’ bodies than Barbie’s playboy-centerfold figure.
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Oh please… If you don’t like it, just don’t buy it. I’m sure Mattel is enjoying the publicity and free advertising. With all the problems in the world, why waste the the time protesting a $35 plastic doll. Go buy Amish Barbie, she’s covered from head to toe in ugly atire.
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Wow, really? This is stupid. It’s a doll. I do remember the ‘Knocked Up Barbie’ awhile ago. You could remove the baby bump and then BAM! Baby!
I want the Poison Ivy and Harly Quinn dolls =(
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why are christian conservatives concerned with barbies anyway? Dont they only allow veggietales? arent these the same nutbags that determined a bunch of stuffed asexual aliens (teletubbies) were homosexual? please please and more please. BARBIE becomes “anything she wants” because it is all “fantasy” (president barbie, olympic barbie, etc)… its a dream. So she has a wet dream… who cares?
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I WISH they had made fishnets for Barbies back in the day- it would totally have completed my Punk Rock Midge. I cut her hair, gave her a nose ring,and painted black tattoos on her with my mom’s liquid eyeliner- if you put clear nail polish over them they don’t rub off. I’m just saying. Moms shoudl worry about who they get to baby-sit rather than what Barbie is wearing… MY babysitter Denise made me listen to The Clash and The Sex Pistols, hence Punk Rock Midge.
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Also, Bratz are gross. they all looking like they have The Clap.
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Oh please. Barbie was fashioned after a European adult doll. What else is she supposed to be other than “tarty”?
On a sad note, I never had Barbies as a child…I had to build my own with Legos, which broke apart during simulated AMC sex…
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