The internet fixes Barbie's 'I Can Be a Computer Engineer' picture book

I Can Be a Computer Engineer, you could have been so right. You could have stoked the flames of technologically minded ambition in starry-eyed little girls, helped nurse entire generations of bad-ass hacker dames. Instead, you became a nest of twee images and sexist drivel. If you had shins, I'd kick them.

I Can Be a Computer Engineer, you could have been so right. You could have stoked the flames of technologically minded ambition in starry-eyed little girls, helped nurse entire generations of bad-ass hacker dames. Instead, you became a nest of twee images and sexist drivel. If you had shins, I'd kick them.

Inspired, perhaps, by Ribon's outraged critique or simply the unvarnished horror of the source material, one Kathleen Tuite put together a website called Feminist Hacker Barbie, which allows the public to rewrite the book. The results have been amazing. The FeministHackerBarbie hashtag is filled with contributions from a whole spectrum of people, including @YourAnonNews, who turned this:

Twitter's favorite pop idol parody account @SwiftOnSecurity also contributed to the cause:

It's nice to see Barbie embracing the digital age and the idea of a career in a traditionally male-dominated industry. But perhaps Mattel could have someone who actually understands computer engineering to author the sequel? If you end up rewriting pages from I Can be a Computer Engineer, be sure to link them in the comments below. Here are some of my favorites so far:

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