On Oct 6, 2005, at 9:25 AM, David P Harris wrote:

>> "Barbie" was bad enough.  Now there's "Bratz", too.
>
> Whoa, I wasn't aware of Bratz -- bad news.

Yeah.  I generally find the Barbie complaints a bit whiny; we have
the Barbie Bookclub books, and several of the movies, and they're
not so bad; perhaps Matel has added enough backstory to make up for
their doll's ridiculous proportions.  And it's mostly standardized
fantasy stuff, anyway...

BRATZ, otoh, definitely seem to glorify a lifestyle I don't find
very worthy of glorification.  The worst of american stereotypes.
Sigh.  Daughters.  (OTOH, don't get me started on my baccy-chewing
would-be-baseball-player stepson, either...)

BillW
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