As if Barbie didn't already cater to enough stereotypes, now there's going to be the Little Gay Doll That Could.  That's right, "Bobbie" came onto American shelves last week, and she's ready to dyke the world in her muscle t-shirt, leather jacket, and tattoos.

Creator Stephanie Prod got the idea for her lesbian Barbie while working on her NYU master's thesis on lesbians' underrepresentation in popular culture; she apparently thought that gay women have an equal right to be stereotyped and given eating disorders by toy makers, and took it upon herself to ensure that the next generation of lesbians will grow up as self-conscious as their straight counterparts.

Her plan might have one small wrinkle, in that the Bobbie dolls come with their own mini vibrators and cannot be purchased by anybody under 18, making them yet another example of pop culture turning homosexuality into a novelty. 

This delicious pastiche is perfectly topped off with sprinkles of hilarity when one reads the reactions of those on the "Rapture Ready" forums; nothing has me rolling in the aisles quite like the outrage from proud, Rapture-fearing parents who complain about a gay toy their kids won't ever see.  They feel fine telling their kids that God is going to send most of the human race to suffer in a torture dimension for the rest of eternity, but they can't handle explaining that boys sometimes kiss other boys and girls sometimes do more than play tea party together.