Meet Shrinkin’ Violette, Mattel’s anti-empowerment doll for little girls.
My name is Paula, and I, too am a shrinking violet. I learned everything that’s made me ME by taking Violette’s pearls of wisdom a little too much to heart: “I’m afraid of noisy boys,” “I have butterflies in my stomach,” “Please help me talk to people,” “It’s just awful to be shy,” and, the pièce-de-résistance “I’m afraid of EVERYTHING.”
