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墨尔本一位妈妈用芭比娃娃打造超级英雄

When people think of dolls, they often think of princesses, Barbies and pretty pink dresses – but one Melbourne mother is determined to break that stereotype.

提到洋娃娃,大家就会想起公主、芭比娃娃和漂亮的粉色裙子。不过,墨尔本一位妈妈决心要打破这种思维定式。

 
When Rebecca Millar's three-year-old daughter Abigail added The Avengers to her list of favorite characters, she looked everywhere for the female heroes but couldn't find them.
 
When Ms Millar was in Kmart buying Abigail a Thor doll, she noticed a Sparkle 'Girlz' doll with red hair and decided to try and turn it into a Black Widow doll herself.
 
Ms Millar posted the result on her Twitter, and to her surprise, received a flood of positive feedback.
 
The Black Widow doll was soon followed by a Maria Hill doll, and before long Ms Millar was painting dolls as a way to relax at the end of the day.
 
'Abigail picked out characters from her Marvel guide for me to paint, and I did the Star Trek ones because I love Star Trek and then people started suggesting others, so I did those ones too,' Ms Millar said, 'I think I've probably made around 30 dolls so far.'
 
Ms Millar also shares her creations in a bid to break the stereotypes surrounding dolls.
 
'The main message is that girls can, and do, like things like superheroes - just the same as boys can, and do, like things like princesses.'