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what’s inherently wrong with the autistic barbie?
As an autistic dude, fuck if I know man I've been racking my brain over this. Like there is obviously the commoditization of our exceptionality and some stereotypical regulation strategies they employ being reduced to commodities but like, that's just capitalism. Are we really mad at "autistic barbie" or just capitalism making autistic barbie?
i feel like saying that autistic barbie is stereotypical is inaccurate (honestly the fidget spinner is the only stereotypical part about this doll to me). many autistic people use headphones, AAC devices, and fidgets. autistic barbie was made to represent a huge part of the autistic community. i get being mad at capitalism making autistic barbie but you would also have to be mad at capitalism making barbies representing other disabilities. it doesn’t make sense to me to be mad about the disability representation certain products themselves. it makes more sense to be mad at the capitalist system that makes these very disabilities commodities.
I didnt say she was stereotypical, I said some of her regulation strategies were; as evidenced by the fact that you immediately understood it to be the fidget spinner.