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A book that shouldn’t be on your Christmas list

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Sexist Content The publishers of Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer have been forced to apologise because of its sexist content Although I haven’t seen a copy myself,  I gather that the story consists of Barbie crashing both her sister’s computer and her own, asking male friends to fix them for her, and then passing their work off as her own.

Aimed at 3 to 7 year old girls, it is listed on Amazon UK with a companion book Barbie: I can be an Actress but is thankfully unavailable. However, you can read the 11 one star reviews or flip to Amazon US to read the 165 one star reviews on that site. To get a real flavour of the content and understand why it is has angered so many people read Pamela Ribon’s strongly worded blog post: Barbie Fucks it Up Again.

Some times only good old-fashioned Anglo Saxon…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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