The same feminist group that recently assaulted an archbishop is now crucifying a Barbie doll. The group, Femen, which doesn’t appear to own any shirts, held a “Barbie-cue” (get it?) and they put Barbie on a cross and burned the doll because the image of the doll has harmed young girls.
CNS News reports:
“Ritual Barbie’cue with fried meat of the plastic idol was made to demonstrate the true meaning of the history of commercial monster Mattel,” the website post states. “They have turned a piece of plastic into a god for millions of girls from all over the world who now seek only to imitate plastic shapes and stupidity and absurdity of conduct.”
Ironically, these women seem to be against objectifying women but they never wear any shirts during their protests because they know that baring their breasts means extra publicity. Hmmm. Contradictory?
May 22, 2013 at 3:47 am
Contradictory? Yes, to normal, well reasoned people.
Standard leftist schizophrenia…or what they call, liberal ideology. I used to express being puzzled at such self contradictory behavior and values, but I've just come to expect it these days. Like subjecting women to risky drugs and surgeries and claiming those that try to protect women are waging a war. Or protecting fertilized newt eggs under penalty of prison, while harvesting and destroying human fertilized eggs. And on and on….
May 22, 2013 at 5:39 am
It's a publicity stunt, and you just added to the publicity. Who cares?
May 22, 2013 at 10:25 am
In Berlin they protested at the opening of a "Barbie Store" – inside lots of pink for the women and girls , outside naked breasts for the men – sounds like they wanted the men to be entertained too! 😉
May 22, 2013 at 1:10 pm
My daughter loved her Barbies, and grew up to earn her PhD. She is very successful and faithful. A one-off anecdote is hardly a pattern, but girls quite rightly play with dolls.
May 22, 2013 at 2:23 pm
These are the demon-possessed idiots (and I am absolutely serious) who cut down crosses erected in memory of the victims of communism in Ukraine, desecrated Moscow's Orthodox Cathedral and Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral (twice) and recently assaulted both Bishop of Bruxelles Mgr Leonard and… President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. In short, those demon-possessed idiots are at war with all the symbols and defenders of Christianity and Satan is showing who its ennemies are and those include the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, Mgr Leonard and Vladimir Putin. So stop badmouthing Vladimir Putin who even today had the Douma adopt a law criminalizing blasphemous anti-religious assaults, such as those of those demon-possessed idiots, in another proof that he is one of the only two defenders of Christianity among current Head of States (the other one being Pope Francis. Can anybody think of a third one ?).
May 22, 2013 at 2:32 pm
They are protesting the "stupidity and absurdity of conduct"?
Wow, the irony is so thick you could build a bridge out of it.
May 22, 2013 at 2:59 pm
Dean, I was wondering how long it would be before someone would make that comment. That's the first thing that popped off the page for me. I've heard lots about Barbie being a ridiculous model for young girls to try to emulate in body image and styling (and truth be told, as a father of two very young girls (the oldest of which just got her first Barbie for Christmas), I'm very selective about the clothes I will buy for her new doll), but the irony of protesting "stupidity and absurdity of conduct" by tying a doll to a cross and burning it is almost making my head explode!
May 22, 2013 at 8:55 pm
Amazons. The only cure is Christianity
May 23, 2013 at 3:36 am
Wayne, I had to read that line twice to make certain it said what I thought it did. Jaw dropping.