I am insulted by the entire story. The poll was tongue-in-cheek? Where did
that come from, and who puts tongue-in-cheek anything on a website for kids?
I also wonder why they didn't mention that architects did the same thing.
Kate
Kate Dixon
Reference Librarian
Western New England College School of Law Library
1215 Wilbraham Rd.
Springfield, MA 01119
kdixon@law.wnec.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu]On
Behalf Of Stephanie Pierson
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:33 AM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Barbie Follow-Up
The following appears in the Feb. 3rd issue of Forbes:
Some People Just Have Too Much Time
On its kids-oriented Barbie Web site, Mattel (nyse: MAT - news - people )
posted a tongue-in-cheek poll about careers for the 43-year-old,
1-billion-copy teenager doll. Adults took this seriously. Librarians, for
example, put messages on Internet trade message boards urging colleagues to
vote for their profession over, say, architect or cop. --W.P.B.
Is it just me or is anyone else insulted by the implication that librarians
"just have too much time"?
Food for thought...
Stephanie
Stephanie Fox Pierson, Esq.
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