Little girl's favorite blond playmate--Barbie, now has her own restaurant in Taiwan. Barbie Café, a Barbie themed restaurant has recently opened in Taipei.
The Huffington Post reported that the toy company, Mattel, licensed the café to restaurant company Sinlaku, which features all the Barbie fixings including high heel shaped tables, pink sofas and chairs with tutus.
Sinlaku already opened a Hello-Kitty themed restaurant in Taipei. Themed restaurants are a popular thing in Taiwan. There is already a restaurant made entirely out of cardboard and a toilet themed restaurant.
Mattel owns a variety of Barbie doll with 22 that are themed around the beauty industry. Barbie has come under fire throughout the years because of its unrealistic view on women and impossible body.
Not everyone is in love with the idea of a Barbie themed cafe. Rhiannon Williams, editor of feminist website The Vagenda Magazine, said to The Telegraph: "I cannot imagine anything less pleasant and more nausea-inducing than a Barbie themed restaurant. Not only because I prefer low-impact environments and none of the major food groups are pink for a reason, but also because Barbie is an outdated model of stereotypical femininity and needs to die a death."
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