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Mattel introduces its first Barbie with Type 1 diabetes (apnews.com)

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This new doll “enables more children to see themselves reflected in Barbie,” Mattel wrote

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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 87 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Barbie has actually had quite a number of diversity variants over the years, this isn't all that unusual for them:

https://shop.mattel.com/pages/barbie-diversity-evolution

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Paleontologist Barbie is pretty cool.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Meh, there isn't even a fossil Barbie.

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