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Introduce Barbie to Engineering Day

I was going to write about Thursday being Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day but hey Barbie, a computer engineer-- how can I resist posting about that?

Yes Barbie, that Barbie.

According to Wired, Barbie the computer engineer has glasses and a Bluetooth earpiece. She's wearing a t-shirt featuring a binary code t-shirt and has a smart phone and carries, a laptop case.

Progress??? Regression??? Leggings? Oh wait as a Go Fug Yourself fan I know that leggings are so so wrong. And oh yes soooo wrong too are Barbie's proportions compared to any woman alive even Twiggy or Fergy.

It's been a long long week -- so you all are going to have decide- should I be outraged? or not pleased? or neutral? or happy? Ok if you vote for happy, you are going to have to explain why..

BTW Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day is part of National Engineers Week and there are lots of cool resources including a bunch of hands-on activities.

Thanks (well sort of thanks--did I mention it has been a long week and computer engineer Barbie didn't exactly make it easier?) to FairerScience friend David Mortman for letting me know about Barbie as computer engineer.

Posted by Pat on February 12, 2010 04:53 PM |


Comments

Oh I don't know, it's a good thing, right? I don't know that we have to be happy about it, it's borderline "You've come a long way baby..." but it's still better than Barbie being a secretary. Anything that exposes young girls to engineering as a career must be a good thing. Anything that makes it slightly more "normal" for them must be a good thing.

Posted by: FrauTech | February 16, 2010 08:50 AM

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