TL;DR (I only have a minute right now), does this change ANYTHING about the doll except a little note on the box she comes in?
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The doll is wearing an insulin pump
wrote last edited by [email protected]And it has Bluetooth connectivity to manage her A1C in the app.
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the post i replied to there was only about insulin pumps. what do you think about insulin pumps?
They pump insulin.
They're inconvenient, but much better than a few years ago. Having an app for the monitor now is a game-changer to avoid people hearing a self-destruct countdown beep under your shirt. But one of my friends actually still prefers shots three times a day, You just kind of get used to that if it's all you've ever known, so for some people it's not as big a deal as others make it out to be.
So with that out of the way, you may have replied to a comment mentioning insulin pumps, but what do they have to do with the post, anymore than the doll's hair colour?
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They're on a crusade against insulin pumps because their friend's disordered eating habits were triggered by weight gain from an insuline pump. This ignores the fact that people without insuline pumps also develop eating disorders, diabulimia has been a thing for decades.
No.
The topic is about Barbie.
If they're going to continue trying to be
relevent to combat declining sales"inclusive", they can't be making unrealistic dolls, especially when their whole mantra is a source of women's weight issues in society.And this ain't their first rodeo of making insulting versions of people in an effort to market themselves as inclusive. There are so, so, so many Barbies that show a company has no idea what they're doing but will sell anything out to flog a buck.
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And it has Bluetooth connectivity to manage her A1C in the app.
And the Barbie actually functions as an insulin pump for overnight trips.
