Posted on 07/18/2013 1:22:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai
As far as catfights go, this is a doozy.
Barbie, long the reigning queen in the doll world, has suddenly been thrust into the battle of her life. But Barbie’s competitors look nothing like the blue-eyed, blond-haired, long-legged fashion icon. And they don’t have the same baggage and old standards of beauty either.
Monster High dolls, vampy teens that are patterned after the offspring of monsters like Dracula and Frankenstein, have neon pink and green streaks in their hair. They wear platform heels and miniskirts with skulls on them. And the dolls that go by names like Draculaura and Ick Abbey Bominable are gaining on Barbie. …
“Kids are growing up much faster younger,” (Timetoplaymage.com toy analyst Jim) Silver says. “A six-year-old is looking for something a little edgier. That’s the reason why Monster High has had so much success.” …
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“Kids are growing up much faster younger,” (Timetoplaymage.com toy analyst Jim) Silver says. “A six-year-old is looking for something a little edgier.
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Well, thanks to pervs like you.
This is so disgusting. Why mothers buy their girls Barbie, let alone this junk is beyond me.
This was all a deliberate push to drive little girls away from role-playing as mothers by using baby dolls. And look what we have ended up with.
NPR’s Morning Edition did a report on the Monster High craze a few mornings ago, and of course they loved it. Barbie represents the WASP mean girl establishment while the MH girls are a counterculture. They fretted about what impossibly thin arms and legs the MH girls have but were comforted by the fact that some of them were into environmental activism and vegetarianism.
That is not a good thing, IMO.
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