{"id":4654,"date":"2011-05-11T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badreputation.org.uk\/?p=4654"},"modified":"2011-05-11T09:00:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T08:00:39","slug":"found-feminism-nasa-doll-from-fox-news-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badreputation.org.uk\/2011\/05\/11\/found-feminism-nasa-doll-from-fox-news-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Found Feminism: NASA doll from Fox News Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bit of a shocker on the Found Feminism front. Our Viktoriya was on her travels recently and saw this at the airport…<\/p>\n

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NASA doll<\/p><\/div>\n

…in a Fox News<\/strong> shop of all places.<\/p>\n

It’s a female astronaut doll.<\/p>\n

Now, no doubt you’re still reeling from that the shock that Fox News – bastion of feminism-hating, Sarah Palin-supporting, “family values” madness – is fielding a toy for girls that encourages them to study science and quite literally reach for the stars.<\/p>\n

Here’s another doozy.<\/p>\n

Look closer and you will see that – pink casing aside – there’s almost no other “girlification” going on with this toy. Sure, she’s standard issue doll shaped, but wearing a very functional, non-revealing, blue and black NASA jumpsuit. Even the tagline reads as pleasingly gender neutral: “Space Crew”.<\/p>\n

And to cap it all off, she’s not even blonde.<\/p>\n

Unlike Barbie.<\/p>\n

Who when she<\/em> went to space looked like The Invasion of The Ghastly Metallic Pink Shoulder Pads<\/a> (clicky the link, but don’t say I didn’t warn you).<\/p>\n

I can’t believe I’m typing this, but looks like we’ve got a genuine Found Feminism from Fox News. Wonders will never cease. Feeling pretty chuffed about that, actually – it’s one thing that you can see progress being made from friends, quite another from enemies.<\/p>\n

Feminism: to infinity, and beyond!<\/p>\n