Barbie can't be a computer engineer

[noblegiraffe]

So there's a book out called Barbie can be a computer engineer, which sounds great. Except it's not.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/19/-sp-barbie-can-be-a-computer-engineer-but-only-with-help-of-a-man

Read the title of the article....it's even worse than you are thinking.

Yeah, I agree E.

Why didn't they call it "games designer" and completely rewrite it so it wasn't shit? Would have been a better post.

According to today's Guardian, the manufacturer has now apologised and also withdrawn the "Barbie: I Can Be A Computer Engineer" book from online sale. The manufacturer has also promised that all future Barbie books “will be written to inspire girls’ imaginations and portray an empowered Barbie character”.

www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/21/barbie-computer-engineer-story-withdrawn-sexist-mattel

That's good.

(But how come no one saw it as a problem before they went to press in the first place?)