Friday Jan 15, 2021
Bratz: Starrin' n Styln'
Episode 39: Hope you have brought your attitude, listener, because Emma and Henry now have a passion for fashion while we talk about Bratz, the main competitor to Barbie for a majority of the 2000s. Join us as we talk about the shady history behind this doll line and their first direct to video movie! We only guarantee that you will feel only SLIGHTLY uncomfortable about the weird stuff that goes on here!
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The Pink Aisle is hosted by Emma Corry and Henry Kathman
Emma is a writer for the student newspaper The Shield, at the University of Southern Indiana, read her stuff at https://usishield.com/staff/?writer=Emma%20Corry or her Twitter @emmacorry9
Henry does a whole lot of stuff on the internet, but most notably his youtube channel at youtube.com/henrykathman and his Patreon at patreon.com/Henrykathman. You can also find him on his Twitter @KathmanHenry, or his portfolio website henrykathman.tumblr.com.
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I really liked your overview on the rise of Bratz. The Bratz found a lot of controversy with parents, so I wasn’t surprised when MGA introduced the Moxie Girlz, which were the more safe, and kid friendly Bratz during the latter’s absence from toy shelves. The Bratz were eventually redesigned in that direction and still found criticism from parents. The Bratz is more of a legacy brand now and seems better off for it.
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Yeah, the introduction of Bratz influenced Barbie - the Barbie Diaries is a great example which was heavily inspired by the cutscenes and the focus on pop rock music that the Rock Angelz movie had. There was definitely a focus to make her more modern - Mattel enlarged Barbie’s head, hired Hilary Duff to be the spokesperson of the dolls, and introduced more stylized Barbie dolls which were horrific (trust me, don’t google the Lemonhead Kellys)
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
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