From Above the Law authored by Lawprofblawg:
“I have a Barbie doll in my office. It is still in the box, and is a sports team Barbie given to me by a coworker whose team was in a battle with mine. I know what he was implying. But I kept the box, the Barbie, and my pride as I proudly displayed the team Barbie on my bookcase.
I always knew Barbie had a bit of a bad reputation. She was giving girls poor body images. She was anti-feminist. She was a white middle class stereotype. She was not reflective of real girls. And, damn it, what was her obsession with Ken? I never saw it.
Which brings me to law & Barbie, which I think would make an excellent class. I’ve been reading Professor Orly Lobel’s book You Don’t Own Me: How Mattel v. MGA Entertainment Exposed Barbie’s Dark Side. It is the sordid ten-year tale of two rivals in the throes of litigation, Mattel (Barbie) and MGA Entertainment (maker of the Bratz doll). It’s A Civil Action, but set in Toys R Us.”
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