Barbie just got a whole lot more badass. Mattel announced Friday that the company is honoring six female “Sheroes” with one-of-a-kind dolls created in their likenesses. One of the honorees is Selma director Ava DuVernay, whose accomplishments include being the first black female director to receive a Best Picture Academy Award nomination and founding the African American Film Festival Releasing Movement, a program providing opportunities and resources to underrepresented filmmakers. DuVernay thanked Barbie on Twitter for the tribute. I always played w/ my sisters Jina + Tera. For hours making stories + scenarios. So this is special. Thanks, @Barbie. pic.twitter.com/aL8…
Barbie just got a whole lot more badass.
Mattel announced Friday that the company is honoring six female “Sheroes” with one-of-a-kind dolls created in their likenesses. One of the honorees is Selma director Ava DuVernay, whose accomplishments include being the first black female director to receive a Best Picture Academy Award nomination and founding the African American Film Festival Releasing Movement, a program providing opportunities and resources to underrepresented filmmakers.
DuVernay thanked Barbie on Twitter for the tribute.
I always played w/ my sisters Jina + Tera. For hours making stories + scenarios. So this is special. Thanks, @Barbie. pic.twitter.com/aL8KGBx3XF
— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) April 24, 2015
There’s only one copy of each “Shero” Barbie, and each will be auctioned off to a specific charity chosen by the real-life woman being honored. But DuVernay fans across Twitter asked Mattel to consider mass-producing hers.
@AVAETC @Barbie – can we get this released and offered to the public? I want one for my daughter.
— SJO (@1Chavela) April 24, 2015
@AVAETC @Barbie i wish they’d sell it. I’d buy it!
— Joana (@breakwayfearles) April 24, 2015
@AVAETC @Barbie This made my day since I read it this morning!CONGRATS!!! I hope @Mattel consider to sell them
— LIZY (@lizcriolla) April 24, 2015
Other women named as Sheroes include actress Emmy Rossum, Lucky magazine editor Eva Chen, Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth, 5-year-old fashion designer Sydney “Mayhem” Keiser and country artist Trisha Yearwood.
“Barbie has always represented that girls have choices,” Barbie general manager Evelyn Mazzocco said in a statement emailed to The Huffington Post. “Started by a female entrepreneur and mother, this brand has a responsibility to continue to honor and encourage powerful female role models who are leaving a legacy for the next generation of glass ceiling breakers.”
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Barbie Made An Ava DuVernay Doll. It’s Not For Sale, But It Should Be.
