Call me a middle-aged crotchety old woman, but is it me or all the "popular" dolls out there 1 step away from looking like porn stars?Lauren is pass the age of requesting dolls (thank God) and I was shopping for 2 younger girls who had either wanted Barbie or Bratz dolls on their list. How hard could this be? Let's see......when I went to the Walmart, all that was available was white Barbie. Where was black Barbie? WHERE was my colored sista BLACK Barbie? I guess she was sold out. There was no Fresh Off the Boat Asian Barbie either. White Barbie only. Tiger would be in heaven. Ughhh. Well, my little black girl was getting herself a white Barbie and I hated that.
Okay, one present down, on to Bratz doll. Hmmm. Why no request for My Little Ponies or Care Bears? Bratz.... Bratz.....OH, there! What the ...?!
Bratz doll choice 1: Blonde barbie-esque mother drove her to beauty pagents from embryo lookOR
Bratz doll choice 2: Sista from the hood "Dance Crew" model who was showing her mid-drif and if you saw her in real life you would not be thinking Santa when you said "Ho, ho, ho!"
I am sorry, but do parents REALLY buy these gifts for their daughters? I am by no means original in my thinking about the plight of our culture, the connection of mass marketing raising pre-teens into the horrific generation of hoochies that wear skirts the length of belts which would be considered their church outfits, by the way. "Hey, be a Dad and tell your daughter to put some clothes on! . . . . Oh, and stop buying your brat Bratz!"
But I am a hypocrite. I bought the Bratz doll I admit. I was horrified but in the frenzy of getting shopping done, my moral compass was not working as it should. The gift is wrapped and given and should I see the young girl in church bearing her mid-driff, I will know I contributed to the deliquent. Sigh.
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