ElNono
11-20-2014, 02:33 PM
First world problems...
Back in 2010, Computer Engineer Barbie (http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/02/15/1457226/computer-engineer-barbie-unveiled) was released. Now, with the attention brought to the Frozen themed programming game from Disney and Code.org, unwanted attention has been given to the surprisingly real book "Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer". So much so, that Mattel has pulled the book from Amazon (http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/19/mattel-pulls-sexist-barbie-book-i-can-be-a-computer-engineer-off-amazon/). The book shows Barbie attempting to write a computer game. However, instead of writing the code, she enlists two boys to write the code as she just does the design. She then proceeds to infect her computer and her sister's computer with a virus and must enlist the boys to fix that for her as well. In the end she takes all the credit, and proclaims "I guess I can be a computer engineer!" A blog post commenting on the book (http://gizmodo.com/barbie-f-cks-it-up-again-1660326671) (as well as giving pictures of the book and its text) has been moved to Gizmodo due to high demand.
Back in 2010, Computer Engineer Barbie (http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/02/15/1457226/computer-engineer-barbie-unveiled) was released. Now, with the attention brought to the Frozen themed programming game from Disney and Code.org, unwanted attention has been given to the surprisingly real book "Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer". So much so, that Mattel has pulled the book from Amazon (http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/19/mattel-pulls-sexist-barbie-book-i-can-be-a-computer-engineer-off-amazon/). The book shows Barbie attempting to write a computer game. However, instead of writing the code, she enlists two boys to write the code as she just does the design. She then proceeds to infect her computer and her sister's computer with a virus and must enlist the boys to fix that for her as well. In the end she takes all the credit, and proclaims "I guess I can be a computer engineer!" A blog post commenting on the book (http://gizmodo.com/barbie-f-cks-it-up-again-1660326671) (as well as giving pictures of the book and its text) has been moved to Gizmodo due to high demand.