More Plastic

And again I’m entirely fascinated, but this time impressed. Leave it to a non-American country to devise a progressive and politically engaged doll for children. The shopping doll–carrying a reusable cloth shopping bag–is part of Japan’s campaign on global warming. Yes, it’s a governmental tool for reinforcing an ideology via children’s toys, but, even if you (gasp!) don’t believe in global warming, there could not possibly be anything wrong with encouraging reusable materials. Wait, aren’t the dolls themselves a threat as plastic products of consumer culture encouraging more consumption?