Re: Barbie Follow-Up

From: Marcie Bierlein (Marcie.Bierlein@law.widener.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 29 2003 - 10:07:11 PST


Well, guess what! My daughter is an architect and word went out over their message boards to vote for "architect!" Too bad Forbes only used one example!

Marcie Bierlein
Reference/State Documents Librarian
Legal Information Center
Widener University School of Law
Wilmington, DE 19803
302-477-2044

Stephanie Pierson wrote:

> 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
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