Thank fuck! Apparently, Hasbro has decided to scrap their plans to realease a line of dolls based on the PussyCat Dolls. The problem arose when their marketing team couldn't come up with anything better than "Teaching Little Girls to be Ho's" as the slogan. Ha ha, just kidding, but seriously! Here's the real story:
The No. 2 toymaker, which had planned to market the racy dolls to girls as young as 6, bowed to a letter-writing campaign launched last month by Brooklyn mom Lisa Flythe. "Every single person I spoke to was shocked that this would even be considered," said Flythe, 43, who has a 4-year-old daughter.
"It could be an appropriate adult entertainment product, but definitely not for kids." Flythe wrote to Hasbro officials last month after hearing about the outrageous plans for the dolls based on the Dolls, a campy burlesque group of dancers. The Dolls, who are hugely popular with teenagers, have a crossover hit with their song "Don't Cha" featuring lyrics about group sex.
"Parents were instantly upset about it," said Josh Golin of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, which helped spearhead the backlash. "They're scantily clad. Their lyrics are sexual," Golin added.
Um, DUH, you fucking retards. Mind you, I'm pretty impressed with the public for actually getting of their fat asses and doing something.
[Source: Daily Dish via A Socialite's Life]
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