Dolls only Britney could love Source: Powers Point

Kirsten Powers takes on skanky dolls in the NYPost today:

WHEN did the doll section turn into a porn shop?

I’d gone to FAO Schwarz with a friend and her three small children; while they shopped for stuffed animals, I wandered over to recapture some of the innocence of my childhood. What a mistake.

Just feet from the Etch-A-Sketches and paint-by-numbers were dolls dressed in garter belts, bustiers, fishnet stockings and high heels. “Ella” was in a teddy; “Justine” in an evening gown with her breasts overflowing. Cleavage and lingerie were the order of the day.As small children filed by, I felt myself panicking, wanting to cover their eyes or steer them away, as if they were going to be exposed to something they weren’t meant to see. Never mind that they were the target audience for these hyper-sexualized dolls. I was, after all, in a toy store…

Read the whole depressing thing.

On the upside, Holly Hobbie rag dolls are back. You can do your part to bring back modesty and buy ‘em here.

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