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I Believe The Bratz Dolls Are Our Future

May 13th, 2008

In the spirit of Michael Apted’s Up series, a documentary is following the lives of children born in the year 2000 until they’re 20. Obviously, here and now, they’re around seven years old, giving us a glimpse into the lives of the millennial generation. Here’s the part that struck me especially:

These seven year old girls want to be thin, because “nobody really likes fat people”, choose skimpy, sexualised clothing, a la Bratz dolls, when given free reign in a dressing room, and identify with figures like Beyonce and Shakira. Sadly, this is not particularly shocking.

It’s not only the fact that they don’t like fat people; the whole thing is horrifying. The overly little girls like princesses and the boys want to be “rich” and it sounds like none of them particularly aspires to be smart. Certainly they will change as they grow older, and I root for the girl whose daddy wants her to be a lipstick-wearing astronaut.

Still, it makes me wonder how it’s possible to raise an awesome and empowered kid, especially a girl, in a culture like ours. Parents of daughters, how the hell do you navigate this world?

Posted by mo pie

Filed under: Advocacy, Kids, Media, Movies

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  2. Sally Ann Struthers, on September 6th, 2008 at 11:23 pm Said:

    Ill tell you whats “SICKO”!! When they took my Public Service Promos”off of the Air about all the Starving kids in Africa!! Just because was a few pounds overweight!!! I mean just because I weigh around 255lbs! they said it was giving people second thoghts about donating money to their cause as all that was necessary, was for me to stop eating for a week and we could feed all the children for a month!! Thats just uncalled for !! As far as the Mattell “Bratz Dolls”. I feel that young girls all have a “I Want to be a Whore. Fantasy! and these dolls help them to live out that harmless fantasy . Better in their bedrooms with the door locked than in the park w/ some perfect strangers!!
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