I wondered about that... is it the cartoon culture, as it were, with EVERYTHING being cutesy? I mean, I grew up in the 80s, but there was NO WAY I was relating to the blonde. Even in things like She-Ra, where she -- personality-wise -- was totally the most like me. (I think I thought of myself as... Angela? Heh. Although I liked toy-version Glimmer, because she had CURLY purple hair.)
But I can't help but think that if I were a little Japanese kid, Jenny just wouldn't cut it. I was so happy to finally get one that looked like me.
Poor Barbie, I thought that, too -- she has always seemed like the mean popular girl, though! (Even though she could just as easily have been the ditzy-but-nice blonde archetype, like Legally Blonde/Clueless/Bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls, etc.) Even now... despite the Tarina Tarantino branding, and despite the fact that I own a billionty dolls, I can't... quite... become a Barbie Girl. I'm just too brunette, deep down in my soul. I've got the perky pink, but also the black.
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Date: 2009-08-23 06:05 am (UTC)But I can't help but think that if I were a little Japanese kid, Jenny just wouldn't cut it. I was so happy to finally get one that looked like me.
Poor Barbie, I thought that, too -- she has always seemed like the mean popular girl, though! (Even though she could just as easily have been the ditzy-but-nice blonde archetype, like Legally Blonde/Clueless/Bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls, etc.) Even now... despite the Tarina Tarantino branding, and despite the fact that I own a billionty dolls, I can't... quite... become a Barbie Girl. I'm just too brunette, deep down in my soul. I've got the perky pink, but also the black.