[HN Gopher] Mattel debuts first Barbie with hearing aids
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       Mattel debuts first Barbie with hearing aids
        
       Author : prostoalex
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2022-05-14 22:39 UTC (21 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.cbsnews.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cbsnews.com)
        
       | glouwbug wrote:
       | I long for the day that Earpods become hearing aids
        
       | znpy wrote:
       | Just wondering, did Ken (Barbie's male companion doll) receive
       | some attention too?
       | 
       | Or is male body represetation is still tied to unrealistic body
       | standards?
        
         | edflsafoiewq wrote:
         | > Other dolls in the new Fashionistas collection include a Ken
         | doll with vitiligo, a condition in which the skin loses its
         | pigment cells, causing it to appear blotchy. The line also
         | includes a doll with a prosthetic leg, a Barbie who uses a
         | wheelchair, and male dolls that are less muscular than the
         | original Ken doll.
        
         | zytron3 wrote:
         | If you had read the linked article (like a 1 minute read), you
         | would see that he did
        
       | joegahona wrote:
       | I'd be curious of a sales breakdown of all these varieties. Old
       | article, but somewhat dismaying:
       | https://abcnews.go.com/Business/black-barbie-sold-white-barb...
        
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