Slutty Barbie

When I was growing up, I wasn't allowed to have Barbie dolls. All my girlfriends had them, but no Barbie doll ever crossed the threshold of my house. My mom's reasoning was that Barbie promoted an unhealthy body image and she didn't want me to grow up with an unhealthy body image.

If only life were that simple and avoiding Barbie all those years would have saved me from hating my thighs and believing I was fat in junior high and high school when I was anything but.

But I digress.

Mattel is releasing a new Barbie doll next month called "Black Canary Barbie." I guess she's based on a DC Comic superhero of the same name, but she looks pretty dominatrix-like (NSFW - Mom, do NOT click that) to me.

What do you think? And what will today's Barbie teach the tweens of the 21st Century about their bodies and sexuality?

Black Canary Barbie aka "Sultry Barbie" aka "Slutty Barbie"

And "regular" Barbie.