Comments on: Sitter’s Checklist: Sweet Valley High, Bratz, Bimbos, and Who’s to blame http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2008/03/31/sitters-checklist-sweet-valley-high-bratz-bimbos-and-whos-to-blame/ Blog of Parents for Ethical Marketing Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:37:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: blue milk http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2008/03/31/sitters-checklist-sweet-valley-high-bratz-bimbos-and-whos-to-blame/#comment-942 blue milk Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:30:32 +0000 http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2008/03/31/sitters-checklist-sweet-valley-high-bratz-bimbos-and-whos-to-blame/#comment-942 That Sweet Valley thing is mind-blowing. I keep waiting for someone to pinch me and I discover that this is all a dream. Your coverage here is excellent by the way, love this blog. That Sweet Valley thing is mind-blowing. I keep waiting for someone to pinch me and I discover that this is all a dream.

Your coverage here is excellent by the way, love this blog.

]]> By: mom http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2008/03/31/sitters-checklist-sweet-valley-high-bratz-bimbos-and-whos-to-blame/#comment-905 mom Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:31:02 +0000 http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2008/03/31/sitters-checklist-sweet-valley-high-bratz-bimbos-and-whos-to-blame/#comment-905 Wow -- that press release on the body size is just impossibly bizarre -- not that a "perfect size 6" is necessarily a better message -- my word. Is there an imperfect size 6? A perfect size 14? Who the hell came up with that formulation anyway. YA lit for girls is in such a sad state. With all the crud out there, how to encourage girls to read books that present a life less narrow than Hannah Montana? It seems it's all about the mall everywhere you look, even in books. Good for Miss Bimbo -- now, perhaps they can change everything else about the site, including the name? Wow — that press release on the body size is just impossibly bizarre — not that a “perfect size 6″ is necessarily a better message — my word. Is there an imperfect size 6? A perfect size 14? Who the hell came up with that formulation anyway.

YA lit for girls is in such a sad state. With all the crud out there, how to encourage girls to read books that present a life less narrow than Hannah Montana? It seems it’s all about the mall everywhere you look, even in books.

Good for Miss Bimbo — now, perhaps they can change everything else about the site, including the name?

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