Re: My 2 Cents..
Cool Breeze said:
*sigh* I'm so tired of the large eyes and full lips = prostitute thing. Gee, I must be one then. Oh, I wear dark makeup, too, I'm really a prostitute now! Pfft. Ridiculous.
Hey, me too! Heck, I've based my own makeup on a Bratz doll before (OMGEYESHADOWANDLIPSTICK). I'm obviously just aching to go out and sell my body. Probably to buy drugs.
Or not.
I'm a Bratz doll fan and I think they're gorgeous. Sure, some of the lines could use more clothing, but a lot of them are fully clothed, too. Somehow the people who critique them miss the winter lines, the Tokyo line, the Punk line, the Rock Angels line, the slumber party line, the Midnight Dance line, the holiday lines, shall I go on? All the dolls in those lines are completely clothed.
I hate that attitude, and unfortunately it permeates this whole community, it seems. I've tried to point out the majority of non-skimpily-dressed dolls, and just get bollocks "I think we all know what most Bratz dolls look like" replies. Yeah, just like how MOST MLPs are pink with rainbow hair and rainbow symbols, right? Because judging
an entire line based on a minority is a great idea that doesn't make you look dumb at all. Honestly people, its fine to say "I don't like Bratz", but shut up about 'Prostitots'. It makes you look stupid to anyone who has actually paid attention to what the majority of the dolls look like.
Furthermore, the Bratz Pretty in Punk line is apparently by far the most popular with the target audience. And guess what? Fully clothed. The only mental warpage of children coming from those dolls is the type that will lead to less little girls letting their parents dress them in twee little frilly dresses, which is warpage I fully support.
Come to think of it, this whole community of "eww, those dolls have skirts and wear makeup, what PROSTITUTES" makes me want to go tally up exactly how many Bratz dolls actually fit that category. That could be interesting.
But regardless, it's just the same diversity as with real people. I know plenty of real people who could stand to put some more clothes on. *shrug* I knew it was going to come out here that the Bratz line was doing ponies and I knew I'd hear all about how horrible the Bratz are, all the same biased and ignorant crap as usual. Way to be predictable.
You rock Cool Breeze. And you're much better at being concise than me (woo, long ranting post of doom).
But anyways, on the subject of the ponies, I love one thing about them: they're not afraid to use realistic colors. I would love to see MLP do a line with real horse color schemes and not pink and purple. Just one line, that's all. I'd buy them all. But the faces with attitude amuse me, as I tend to like witchy-looking toys. However, I don't care for the noses or their overall kind of piggish look. But do the look like !@#$? Um. No.
I dislike the Bratz ponies, but only because they're from the Baby Bratz line. If I wanted squat little hunks of plastic I'd buy myself some trolls. Or stab myself in the face, possibly. Yech.
I do wish Hasbro would take note of the black pony though. There's halloween every year, and black ponies are totally necessary for that.
ABCWinter said:
Baby Bratz Ponies. What the Blank..
As if putting earing's in a babies ears is not bad enough. What are they trying to promote to the future mom's out there that you're baby needs nail polish. blush, lipstic, why not some cool colther. Those baby Sleepers are plain boring. :roll:
Yep, we wouldn't want parents letting their children experiment with makeup. That would *undoubtably* lead to them growing up to be prostitutes. I sure am glad my mum always locked her lipstick and eyeshadows up in high security safes instead of letting me play around with them. Otherwise I might've grown up to be a prostitute, apparently.
And I thought barbie was bad
Barbie *is* bad. Bratz, at worst, encourages girls to wear different fashions (something any parent can prevent by *not buying their little girl hotpants*. Barbies promote totally unrealistic body images which are at best disgusting and at worst dangerous. It's much easier to curb a child's fashion taste than it is to battle bad self-images.
Bratz are o.K for adults and teens. But there are parents out there who will buy their 6 or 8 year old girl anything. That is one crappy toy my children will never have. If any of my family members dare and buy that for my little 6 year old. They will get a ear full from me. :x
Buy them anything eh? You mean like dolls with giant bulbous breasts who are often marketed as "Wife of this guy" or "Carrying children, just like women should be" or "Women with job <x> (this ought to shut up those darn feminists)"? Yeah, some parents will buy their kids *anything*.
Although, I will conceed that you have every right to not buy Bratz for your kids (duh), and not to let other people buy them for them either. I just don't see how that means that any parent who *would* buy them for their kids therefore sucks.
Why do they promote that kind of stuff to very young children. Did any of you read the stuff in the Bratz books and what is written in their colouring books too.
I haven't. Any quoted examples you could give? All I've seen so far is people overreacting to the same sort of stuff seen in any modern tv show aimed at 6-12 year olds.
At least Barbie had carears and set a good example to children. Doctor, Teacher, Vetenerian, Dentist, Pilot, Mom to be, Dad and son. They even introduced grandparents in the picture. Plus more.. :wink:
I, quite literally, saw that (as a child) as "you can be anything you want in life. As long as you have huge f'ing breasts and wear twee little outfits. Aren't powerful women *adorable*?"
Just because they gave Barbie different jobs means nothing. I actually prefer the fact that Bratz *don't* do that sort of bollocks (well, yet, anyway). I guess I just prefer a doll that's aimed at little kids to a) have a non-sexualised body (pre-pubescent breasts and hips; larger heads and feet which in most animals are a sign of youth) and b) don't try to curb their imaginations by saying "this doll does this. This is all she does." And never mind the undertones of "Look! Female vetrinarian! OMG! Women in the workplace sure are crazy". Gag.
And I'll admire Mattel for it's whole 'family' Barbie crap the day they introduce "Single mum" Barbie. Or "Lesbian Barbies with child/Gay Kens with child". Heck, even then I probably wouldn't respect them, because they'd do it the same way they did "Wheelchair Barbie" - oh, these poor, poor people; they are different, and thus worse off; but look how strong they are, acting as if nothing is wrong with them! Yay, acceptance (it's apparently still 'acceptance', even if you still obviously look down on them).
Yuck, yuck, a thousand times yuck.
