Shave your head to show support of St...Barbie???

OK I was bored this morning so I decided to check out that bald barbie page that got me so wound up the other day, and I have to say they have raised the bar for attention seeking behavior. They are now asking their supporters to shave their heads to show support of the bald barbie. Not to advance research or donate money. No no, that wouldn't make any sense. Why n=be noble, when you can be commercial? And just so you don't think I am making this up, here it is, directly off their facebook page.

Beautiful and Bald Barbie! Let's see if we can get it made
This Wednesday, we offer you a chance to show your support for the Beautiful and Bald Barbie to be made in a very passionate, giving and heartfelt way.
To show Mattel how important making a Beautiful and Bald barbie is to you. We invite you to the Go Bald! Go Bold! for Barbie. We encourage those who want to show their passion for this to shave their heads on this day. Jan. 18, 2012. If your hair is long enough we encourage you to donate the hair to one of the organizations below that make wigs and provide them to children free of charge.

When you do this, we ask that you take pictures (preferable before and after photos). In the after photo please hold a sign that says "I went Bald and Bold for Barbie! If I can do it, she can do it!"

Let's show the kids how important this is to us. We know not everyone will be able to do this but for those of you who can! You can make a difference! Together we stand, for the children who have to live with hair loss due to chemo, alopecia or trichotillomania. They are not alone!

Places to donate your hair to:

Ok now this just makes me sick. I applaud the events hosted by St. Baldrick's to raise awareness and funds for cancer research, but they are not asking for that. They want to show Mattel, in big capital letters, that they want a bald Barbie. Like the 124,361 people "liking" their page isn't enough. I am pretty sure Mattel has gotten a slew of emails about this, any I bet that somebody in some department somewhere within Mattel most likely has learned to hate Barbie, facebook, and going to work every day at this point. In my first post, I said I was not a cancer mom. But in this day and age, you would be hard pressed to find anyone whose life has not been touched by cancer in some way. So today, I speak from the heart, as one that has lost loved ones from cancer, and my heart is disgusted at this stunt to garner 15 minutes of fame.

I lost my grandmother to cancer, and yes, she lost all of her hair during horrific chemotherapy treatments, where the loss of her hair was the least of her worries. I lost my mother to cancer, and she didn't lose a single hair. Just her life. In fact, almost everyone that has died in my extended family, was lost to cancer. No bald Barbie, or any other toy will fix that. I take the stance that more research is needed. Better ways to seek and destroy cancer are needed. Same goes for alopecia. Let's find better, more affordable treatment options for baldness. Let's delve deeper into autoimmune disorders, to gain a better understanding. Again with trichotillomania, help the sufferers by ending the suffering. In fact, trichotillomania is an impulse control disorder that is self destructive in nature. These people need help with psychological problems, not a standing ovation for bald Barbie that leads them to believe this behavior is ok.

I said earlier that I admire them for wanting to help raise awareness, but this stunt forces me to take that back. Their earlier message, misguided as it was, has gotten lost, and they are so enamored of their own PR that the stunts will just get bigger, longer, and more appalling. I think I will email Mattel and tell them that if they mass produce this idiotic doll, I will boycott not only the Barbie, but anything else bearing the Mattel label. Enough is enough, people. Your 15 minutes of fame is over. Now you just come across as attention whores, and that's just sad.

Peace out.