tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post2905316423674583051..comments2023-09-29T06:00:09.242-05:00Comments on Julie Pippert: Using My Words: I am a Total Hypocrite about Porn Star BarbieJulie Pipperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-36075097919390244632006-12-30T10:07:00.000-06:002006-12-30T10:07:00.000-06:00I get the Barbie hate (not yours, I mean in genera...I get the Barbie hate (not yours, I mean in general) but I don't share it. I loved Barbies as a child; we had all kinds of adventures and games with them and I don't spend hours doing my makeup now or getting ready for my date with Ken. I can't demand that my daughters turn out a certain way, and I think in the end, people are so much more complicated than "loves to cook; wears an apron;clutches her pearls." I love to cook and I stay home with my kids, so I seem like I fit a certain stereotype, but in my head, I know it's not true, so it doesn't matter. Which is to say that one of my children got an Easy Bake Oven this Christmas, but she's just as happy constructing slides out of tape and going on nature hikes that include bug and bone collections. Still? NO Bratz in my house, and I haven't even bothered to soul search why that is. It just is. Or in more immortal words, "Because I said so!"Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526629366170486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-1087327701976687532006-12-28T22:29:00.000-06:002006-12-28T22:29:00.000-06:00Yup, we all draw those lines. Or rather, we all dr...Yup, we all draw those lines. Or rather, we all draw and redraw those lines. I loved my easy bake oven but gol darnit I wasn't going to domesticate my girl---that is until I got her the plastic kitchen for Christmas. Fortunately, she is using it to serve up stir-fried action figures.Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416585771017767796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-88292712789987245312006-12-28T00:50:00.000-06:002006-12-28T00:50:00.000-06:00Julie,
While I only had one Barbie and didn't eve...Julie,<br /><br />While I only had one Barbie and didn't even play with it that much, I'm the same way with the Barbie versus Bratz debate. At Target today they have an aisle and a half dedicated to Bratz merchandise including "baby" Bratz dolls with halter tops. I don't know. It does seem worse to me. <br /><br />My daughter knows I hate Bratz and I've probably cemented forever her desire for one. She asked me today why I hated them. I told her that I thought they wore too much makeup and wore adult clothing. I don't know if that was a wise thing to say or not.<br /><br />Maybe one thing that was different back then was that Marsha Brady wore regular clothes but Britney Spears at 15 wore something like Bratz wear. I would never have expected to have a Barbie like wardrobe but little girls wear grown up clothes so often now.<br /><br />I'm completely rambling. I must stop. But not yet...<br /><br />I have also noticed that movies I watched as a pre-teen and teenager are movies that I am uncomfortable now letting my teenager watch. I'm not too sure that they did me any great harm but I don't want it for my son. Hypocrite or Older is Wiser? Who knows.<br /><br />Okay. Rambling done. I really both enjoyed and was challenged by this post. Good job!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270726693980247861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-76926018355341350302006-12-27T17:26:00.000-06:002006-12-27T17:26:00.000-06:00Here from BubandPie. Love this post. It gives my...Here from BubandPie. Love this post. It gives my insight into why my hubby still has a bin of Legos in his closet that the kids can only play with while supervised.<br /><br />Mary, mom to manyowlhavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00169255573932551049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-43044300324513370032006-12-27T17:12:00.000-06:002006-12-27T17:12:00.000-06:00Thanks you two---big compliment coming from you gu...Thanks you two---big compliment coming from you guys!<br /><br />Kim, I think it is the marketing. <br /><br />Barbie always seemed like a blank canvas to me. I guess the box might have mentioned a theme, but eh, I tossed that quickly and made her my own.<br /><br />I don't know *why in the world* I think this can't be done with Bratz et al. But yeah, it's this whole disrespectful sassy deal. And the "oh it's so cute when little girls act like teenagers." Not.<br /><br />The whole nation gasped and reeled in shock and disgust when our eyes were opened to the Beauty Queen life little pageant girls lead, starting with poor Jon Benet. And then Bratz became the big must-have.<br /><br />Hypocrite? Confused? Arbitrary line? I don't know. But I drew the line anyway LOL.<br /><br />Is it that styling Barbie head? <br /><br />Oh yeah, you also might like to read "What's Wrong with Cinderella?" at the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/magazine/24princess.t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin)<br /><br />It had some really interesting theories and comments about the whole Princess trend, something I sort of struggle with. One idea I've been mulling is that it is a reaction to the androngynous 70s. I don't recall it being gender-neutral back then, but I've been pondering.Julie Pipperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-2861208116111703682006-12-27T00:11:00.000-06:002006-12-27T00:11:00.000-06:00this is an excellent post. i love it. introspect...this is an excellent post. i love it. introspective, hilarious, and wow. retro even.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.com