My Little Slutty Pony

[SoCalDem]

http://sparklepony.blogspot.com/2008/03/psp-worried-about-slutty-new-pony.html
PSP Worried about Slutty New Pony Rivals

The New York Toy Fair happened recently, and it was THE place to be to see all the hottest new lead-drenched confections for the kiddies. The Washington Post's Kidspost section today included a roundup featuring one of the most horrifying things I've ever seen, a toy which combines the most unholy aspects of My Little Pony and Bratz. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Strutz, the fashion model whorses:



Fashion's back and it's got a brand new name... Struts!

*The Struts brand is an attitude and a lifestyle for girls who are on
the cutting edge of what's hot in fashion

*Struts combine a girl's natural fondness of horses and her love for
fashion dolls.

*Struts will be the new buzz word on the playground - the new word of
mouth brand with a sense of hipness - Fashion with a Kick!

More information coming soon!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/29/AR2008022902719.html

[Deja Q]

1. Hey! Americans consume too much! Americans don't spend enough!

70% the economy is dependent on consumer spending!

For life, there's masturcard.

Media DOES influence those it's aimed at. Regardless of how aggravating it is.

[marzipanni]

45. DAAA-DEEEE!!!! I waaaahhhhnnnt one!!!!

No excuses Daa-ddee! Presidunce Bush said we're getting a check in the mail!

[StarryNite]

46. That is one of the creepiest

pictures I have ever seen!

[SoCalDem]

48. It's just the Princess.. she won't hurt you

http://sparklepony.blogspot.com/

[SoCalDem]

47. Hiya.. another Princess Sparkle Pony fan

yay!! I love that site too :)

[Tarc]

2. So it is like the horsey version of those god-awful Bratz dolls?

Ugh.

[SoCalDem]

7. Matching outfits for a girl and her play horsie

Double the fun for everyone :)

[asdjrocky]

3. I want one.

[LoZoccolo]

4. "Whorses", lol. n/t

[Codedonkey]

37. made me laugh too..

[Ordr]

5. Weird.

I've never been so attracted to a horse.

[LeftHander]

8. It is the hiked up skirt ....

Exposes the tail.

[AlCzervik]

6. omg! There's gonna be trouble in river city!

[Goblinmonger]

14. That's Pony with a capital P

and that rhymes with T and that stands for Trouble.

[Earth_First]

9. I'm so glad that our nine-year-old is much more interested in the biology of a horse...

rather than what it's wearing.

Then again we stress the outdoors, environmental stewardship, the responsibility of consuming, and have 7 television channels, 4 of which are PBS.

[gauguin57]

10. how in the heck do you have 4 PBS channels?

You lucky duckies!!!

[SoCalDem]

12. I have that many AND about 5 or 6 university channels

with fantastic lecturers 24/7

Gotta get DISH tv..& you could have them too :)

[Lorien]

54. Hey, I've got eight! And no cable to boot

Two are in Spanish and I can't understand them, but still... my TV died a few months ago, so I went out and bought a small $350 Sharp LCD screen with a digital receiver. Now I get n EIGHT PBS stations (four from my town, four from the next major city NE) using only a pair of cheap rabbit ears-and the picture is great! :bounce:

[Lorien]

55. Sounds like me at that age

I had zero interest in fashion and spent every hour that I could at the stable or exploring forests and fields. We only had four channels back then-and I spent more than half my childhood without a TV at all. Too much TV makes for a very dull childhood!

[SoCalDem]

62. We had NO TV for most of my childhood

well we had a small one in Panama, but all we got were Panama City channels..and horrible reception and the damned thing mildewed inside and stunk to high heavens..

When we came back to the states when I was 12 was the first time we had "real" tv ( black & white teeeny teensy screen thing in a HUGE wooden cabinet) with flip flip flip flip -snow snow-static reception..and 3 channels..only one came in most of the time..

we played outside.. we also had no A/C, so when it was warm outside we wanted to be out there instead of a hot house.

[Chovexani]

11. I blame the furries.

[comtec]

24. HEY! I resemble that remark!

And I'll have you know no (please dont laugh) self respecting furry would TOUCH that abortion of a horse!
For one thing, even by furr standards, the legs are grossly our of proportion!
and I'll have you know we like our mares with more meat on their bones! LOL

[Chovexani]

26. LOL

I keed, I keed! Some of my best friends are furries. ;) :hug:

[comtec]

27. =^_^=

:hi::toast::grouphug::hug:

[marions ghost]

13. My little Porny

fetish toys for children. Ick

[SoCalDem]

15. You WIN !! My Little Porny..Indeed!

:rofl:

[Dulcinea]

16. I hate Bratz.

They look like space aliens. They have no noses. I refuse to buy those hideous things for my daughters. Fortunately, my older girl has no interest in dolls. But, my younger one...

[SoCalDem]

17. I was never "into" dolls. I had a paraplegic doll though

She was a "tall" doll and she was a "walking doll".. I thought she should be able to walk down the cellar stairs.. She never walked again..

She also lost part of a finger in the fall..

I never even named her.,.

I preferred bicycles and playing outside..

[knitter4democracy]

25. They're banned in our house, too. Have you ever seen their show?

Their tv show is worse. Seriously. My daughter wanted to watch it, so I sat down with her. I made it five minutes (two girls had been kidnapped by a big white guy and tied up while wearing tight tees and low-riding jeans--it was cartoon porn), and I had to turn it off. We talked about why I don't allow it, and while she runs into it at school, she knows it's not allowed. Thank goodness she likes her American Girl and Lonely Hearts Club dolls better.

[Hekate]

74. Isn't that "Only Hearts"? I like them, but am waiting for a granddaughter before collecting them...

I try to restrain myself in the matter of kids' books and toys, but confess to a growing library. My only grandkid is a 3 y.o. boy, and he gets a LOT of story time.

Bratz? Those are abominations.

Hekate

[uppityperson]

36. Skank toys for tots. I hate Bratz.

[ourbluenation]

18. Hmmm. Tell me why the pony is slutty exactly?

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[Feron]

20. Nothing new.

In the 80s there were the Fashion Star Fillies (http://www.fashionstarfillies.com).

Here is the horse I had:


Eventually I moved from My Little Ponies/FSF/Enchanted Kingdom horses into Breyer horses. :D

[Uncle Joe]

21. Now watch for ponies to start becoming Anorexic as well.

Seriously, I do believe there is an unfavorable subliminal message for girls tied in with the image of this toy. Who doesn't like riding horses?

[SoCalDem]

22. Can you imagine the surprise for a little girl who gets riding lessons

and cannot seem to find the horses with high heels, fishnet stockings & garterbelts..

"daddy, where are all the pretty ones"? :rofl:

[bklyncowgirl]

28. Not working at your average riding academy as a beginner horse, that's for sure.

The usual beginner horse or pony is a sturdy, no nonsense critter valued for his/her unflappability and an uncanny ability to ignore beginner kicks, rein jerks and wiggles until the rider manages to give the cue correctly and back it up firmly.

I remember when I was a kid going for my first riding lesson at age six being quite disappointed when instead of one of the tall, handsome horses in the front barn, the instructor led out this dumpy old white mare with a shaggy coat and distinctly bored expression. That dumpy old white mare was the perfect horse for me at that stage. Even though she ignored me at first, by the end of the lesson I had her stopping and turning and was starting to trot. I was hooked.

Little girls who want to get into "pretty horses" have plenty of oportunites once they're past riding old Lulabelle.

They can get into Western Pleasure Horses which move with impossibly slow gaits and wear silver tack worth thousands of dollars, makeup on their noses and around their eyes and have their hair done in hundreds of little bands down the mane and big fluffy tail extensions to enhance the animals natural gifts. The riders also wear spangles and sparkles.

They could also try American Saddle Breds which actually wear "high heels" (weighted shoes and hooves grown to extreme lengths), set tails (tails which have had the muscles which allow the horse to lower its tail and switch it left and right severed and set in a brace to keep it in an upright position--this practice may actually have been banned I have to admitt I'm not current on gaited horses) and of course the ubiquitous tail switches. Flashy rider attire is the rule.

Hunter Jumper horses are a bit more butch but they too have their manes and tails elaborately (and expensively if you don't know how to do it yourself) braided. They have been known to flaunt false tails in certain breed shows. The riders are expensively but uniformly attired--individuality is a big no no--something which is hard to impress upon fashion conscious horse show moms.

I do think it is all ridiculous but the kiddy toy horses and the show horses.

[SoCalDem]

29. My first horse ride (alone) was when I was about 4

a beach pony in Panama..no saddle, no bridle..just grab the mane tuft and hang on for dear life.. I was hooked :)

Up and down that 10 mile beach all day long.. with side trips into the jungle, so he could munch some papayas off the ground.. & bananas..

50 cents for the whole day :)

[bklyncowgirl]

34. It's those ugly old nags that make us love them.

A high powered thoroughbred would scare the hell out of any kid. Give me some wise old pony who'll take care of a kid but flat out refuse to do anything unless the kid asks it properly. The kid'll have a blast and gain confidence.

Sounds like you had a great time on that old pony.

[SoCalDem]

35. we went a lot.. and rarely got the same one..but most were great

except for one..when i was about 11.. he bucked me off into a century plant..I was wearing a swinsuit..oucheeeee.. I ran for the water to wash off the gunk & blood.. SALT WATER.. my parents heard me screaming & thought a shark had me :rofl:

[bklyncowgirl]

38. Kids today don't get to have that sort of fun.

Stable owners are much too scared of getting sued. When I was 13 I was leading trail rides in a New York City Park because, of course, my parents couldn't afford my horse habit.

It's hard to find a stable that even does trail rides these days, much less one that allows young kids to conduct them.

Maybe you can still have that sort of fun in other countrys but it's hard to find it here.

[StarryNite]

50. The white ones...

I remember going to the riding stable as a kid with my friends. We always cringed if we got a "white one" because for some reason they never wanted to move. Although it was a bay experience that proved it wasn't just the white ones. This particular gelding knew when he was out of sight of the stable wranglers. When he got to that point he would stop dead. Kicking didn't work because he would just turn his head and try to bite my foot! It's funny now but it wasn't then. I think I paid about 5 bucks to sit on him for an hour. :rofl: But then there was that sorrel mare, Ribbon, it was like hitting the jackpot when I got her. They could put a three year old on her and know it would be a safe ride. And for us older kids, she would do anything we asked her to do.

[XemaSab]

23. I noticed that too

The legs look like human legs, only STICK THIN. I know horses proportionally have thinner legs, but there's something really creepy about this.

[Echo In Light]

30. Replete w/Hooters shirts and pubic-mound and butt-crack exposing jeans

[mainegreen]

31. It ends in a 'Z' so it must be cool!

Sorry, I mean 'It must be coolz!'

[Echo In Light]

32. LOL...and its follow up will use "2" for to or too - keepin' it real..er, I mean dumb!

[SoCalDem]

33. k33ping it r33l

:rofl:

[leftofthedial]

39. every "horse"

starts with a "ho"

[Smith_3]

40. "My little pony" used to be a cool show back in the nineties.

Kind of Dungeons&Dragons themed, with trolls, magical beasts, mystical treasure and so on. Why did they turn it into a damn slut soap?

[demodonkey]

41. Well, Bush & Co. are driving the real horse industry into the ground, along with...

...the American Small Farm which is our last bastion of wholesome, sustainably produced food.

With $4 gas, rising feed and other costs, consumers cutting back on recreation, the National Animal Indentification System (look it up, it's RealID on steroids) and a host of other messes, horse breed associations and local riding clubs that took half a century or more to build up may soon go under.

And don't laugh, the equine industry is yet another multi-billion dollar industry with several million workers' jobs at stake.

Yes if Bush has his way, these plastic "whorses" (made in China no doubt) may be the only equines left for these young girls to see.

BTW, Bush himself is afraid of horses. All Hat, No Horse.

[DesertRat]

42. That is very disturbing

I teach 4 and 5 year olds in the inner city. I'm sure they'll be a hit with videos and a clothing line. Soon my students will start showing up with them for Show and Tell. :puke:

[Bright Eyes]

43. So is this like the new Paris Hilton of horses?

[Deja Q]

44. Just wait for the porn vid to be leaked...

[SoCalDem]

49. More pics.. the comments are "must-read"

http://sparklepony.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-pictures-of-wonderful-new-my.html

[onethatcares]

51. more shit that no one needs

just another advertising wet dream to keep the sweat shops in Burma going. freaking crap.

[marzipanni]

52. Barbie's inspiration

<snip>
During a trip to Germany with her daughter, Ruth Handler discovered a German doll named Lilli in a shop window. The adult-figured Lilli doll was exactly what Handler had had in mind, so she purchased three of them. She gave one to her daughter and took the others back to Mattel.

The Lilli doll was based on a popular character appearing in a newspaper comic strip drawn by Reinhard Beuthin for die Bild-Zeitung. Lilli was a fashionable "society girl" who knew what she wanted and wasn't above using men to get it. The Lilli doll was first sold in Germany in 1955. Although the doll was initially marketed to adult men in bars and tobacco shops, it eventually became popular with children, who enjoyed dressing Lilli in outfits that were available separately. The doll was so popular, she was even exported to other countries, including the United States.

http://listing-index.ebay.com/actors/Barbie.html

[Octafish]

53. Gee. There's nothing like destroying a child's self-image early.

That way it's easier to lead them around by the nose as adults.

That's some trick pony.

PS: Sorry I discovered this thread too late to recommend. Never to late to kick, though...

[Lorien]

56. I'm ashamed to admit that I've done some designing for the Bratz brand

and some of it included their "ponyz" (can't remember if that's the right spelling). Though they were fat little ponies and zebras with nothing more than ribbons in their manes and tails. I've worked on their princess lines too-but none of what I refer to as the "Slutz". It pays the bills, but it makes me really sad. Those items take the innocence out of childhood and do nothing more than groom kids to be good little superficial consumers. The end all, be all of life becomes having more stylish stuff than the next girl, instead of having close friends and engaging in fun activities with them.

When I was a kid I loved flesh and blood horses, and when I wasn't at the stable I played with these:

[DesertRat]

57. Since it makes you ashamed and sad

why not find another way to pay the bills? Is it really worth it to be a part of (as you said) "take the innocence out of childhood"?

These products sadden me as an early childhood educator and advocate. Why compromise yourself to promote them?

[Lorien]

58. Over thirty grand in Medical bills

and serious competition from over 900 laid of fellow Disney artists. I like my art director over there-he's an old friend. Like I said, I won't do the "Slutz" characters (the Princesses are fully clothed)-I do draw the line somewhere. But if it's between drawing a tacky princess and losing the house I'll take the princess. I do work for many other clients, including educational groups that pay pennies on the dollars I make drawing the Bratz characters. But when I paint a lovely illustration for one of Aesops fables I'll spend 80 hours a week to make $800- what I could make in just two days drawing for MGAE (the parent company for Bratz). I'm middle aged, have lousy eyesight and fibromyalgia. If I were still 20 I could do slave hours and make ends meet, but sixty hour work weeks is the best I can muster now. Hell, it's not as if I'm working for Halliburtan!

[SoCalDem]

59. I don't know how artists can make a living these days

Art is HARD, and not just anyone can do it, but after you spend days/weeks/months working on something...THEN you have to market it and sell it..so any artist lucky enough to be employed by someone else, has a good thing going..even if they have to create things they don't particualrly like..and if the parents didn't buy the stuff they would not make it..

But, my dear.. YOU should be a cartoonist..your skills are wasted on pedestrian art :)

but then I am biased..:)

[Lorien]

60. Thanks SoCalDem

Funny thing is that I've never liked drawing cartoons. I was trained classically and prefer more realistic, "golden age" style of illustration-which I do sometimes, but for very little $$. It's only because I was hired straight out of college to work at Disney Feature Animation that I find myself drawing cartoons at all. Disney doesn't hire cartoonists; they hire classically trained artists with BFAs who understand anatomy and can be groomed to draw the way they wish them too. So few people there started out doing that type of art, oddly enough.

But yeah, I've been trying to sell some of my own artwork on the side and it's nearly impossible. Lots of competition, and little interest from a public more wowed by gadgets than by painting or other types of art.

One of my children's book illustrations:

[SoCalDem]

61. Wow!!.. That's beautiful :)

Do you do commission work?

[Lorien]

67. Thanks! I sometimes do commissions. Right now I have one to do a

24x 36 painting of a snow leopard which will bring in about 3k, so that'll pay at least one bill!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

69. Oh that is lovely!!

The colors are so subtle! Wow! I can stare at it and see different shades the more I look. Very interesting. I'm an artist too (visual and performing).

Best of Luck to You Lorien!

[Kurovski]

65. Excellent and expressive.

I love illustrated children's books. Best of luck to you, Lorien.

[DesertRat]

70. That illustration is stunning!

Can you tell me the names of some of the children's books you've illustrated. I also much prefer the realistic style over the cartoons. :hi:

[Libby2]

77. oh my goodness! That is fantastic! n/t

[KoKo]

76. Some would argue "against an age of innocence" because "reality" is better in this time and age...

But...those years of wonder sometimes produce "questioners" even if they lean to fantasy...they READ AND READ AND READ...

It's a hard call whether one would want a Naomi Wolf or Klein or a Paris Hilton?... But, for all I know Paris lived as Rapunzel in a Fairy Palace that she had to break free of and so became what she is today.

Who is to know. But, I do believe a "quiet time for children" until they can grow into "Reality TeeVEE or Chris Matthews, Wolf Bliter, Fox or the HDTV Network" might be worth considering. But then...I grew up without TeeVee until I was 9 Years Old...and I ended up on DU! :rofl: What does that say about deprivation?

[margotb822]

63. Maybe they have lead in them too

Destroy mind and body...

[Kurovski]

64. Horses: nature's vibrator.

That shit is hysterically demented. It's the kind of thing you could see in Mad Magazine twenty years ago.

[SoCalDem]

68. you gotta read the comments on the new pics

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2967188&mesg_id=2975839

example:


Sexy Milan once experienced total enlightenment in the shoe department of Nieman Marcus. She enjoys shopping and bombing abortion clinics.

[Kurovski]

72. She's an unusual breed.

No doubt about it.

[B2G]

66. You can get the traditional ones too

Then the kiddies can act out intense lunchroom pony dramas between them all.

[MilesColtrane]

71. Hmmm....

Gives me the urge to trot over to the toy store.

There's this feeling that I can't rein in. An unbridled feeling that I shouldn't stall, that I should sew my wild oats.

(I'm not trying to stirrup a rumor about my self. I don't want to be saddled with the label, "equestriophile". This is just a bit.)

[Zorra]

73. I know that breed. They're French Quarter Whoreses. n/t

[MilesColtrane]

78. That's a DUzy if I ever saw one.

[KoKo]

75. OMG...! Well you know how I feel about this....

as a DU PRUDE!

My daughter didn't get Barbie until she was 7 years old! (I was worried she would be corrupted) :rofl:

Things have really gotten "way out there!" :eyes: