I fear for the children of today
When I was a nipper, I wanted a Girl's World head. Every young tranny does. It's the law.
Imagine then my horror when, whilst watching Children's telly late one afternoon last week, I came across this monstrosity:
It's a Barbie "Groom and Glam" styling head.
But, more importantly (and this is what I was screaming at the telly): it's a freakin' horses head!!
"Yeah but little girls like ponies, Bex. It's not that weird to have a fake pony that they can pretend to groom," I hear you say.
Okay, maybe combing it's long mane I can understand, sticking a couple of barrettes on is acceptable, but this thing comes with eyeshadow and lipgloss FFS!
Are Mattel trying to teach little girls that making your horse look like a whore is a a normal part of "grooming"? Or perhaps they're helping raise the next generation of animal cosmetic testers.
Whatever, it's wrong.
Parents, I implore you. Don't tuck one of those in your daughter's stocking on Christmas morning.
Especially if she's just watched The Godfather the night before.
Boys don't get it much better. The next advert after Barbie Whore Horse was for Star Wars Transformers
Why, in a nation of nearly 400,000 Jedi, are we teaching our youth that the Millennium Falcon was made out of a giant robot Han Solo and giant robot Chewbacca? Surely there are laws against such heresy!
Imagine then my horror when, whilst watching Children's telly late one afternoon last week, I came across this monstrosity:
It's a Barbie "Groom and Glam" styling head.
But, more importantly (and this is what I was screaming at the telly): it's a freakin' horses head!!
"Yeah but little girls like ponies, Bex. It's not that weird to have a fake pony that they can pretend to groom," I hear you say.
Okay, maybe combing it's long mane I can understand, sticking a couple of barrettes on is acceptable, but this thing comes with eyeshadow and lipgloss FFS!
Are Mattel trying to teach little girls that making your horse look like a whore is a a normal part of "grooming"? Or perhaps they're helping raise the next generation of animal cosmetic testers.
Whatever, it's wrong.
Parents, I implore you. Don't tuck one of those in your daughter's stocking on Christmas morning.
Especially if she's just watched The Godfather the night before.
Boys don't get it much better. The next advert after Barbie Whore Horse was for Star Wars Transformers
Why, in a nation of nearly 400,000 Jedi, are we teaching our youth that the Millennium Falcon was made out of a giant robot Han Solo and giant robot Chewbacca? Surely there are laws against such heresy!
Fat lot of good it did me
The Godfather.
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