[ SECRET POST #4378 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4378 ⌋

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[soldatsasha]

ia in general, but I don't know that cartoons like She-Ra are really part of the problem. It's great when they aim for more diversity, like Steven Universe did, but if modern She-Ra looked just as idealized as the old one that wouldn't really be a problem. She-Ra is like Superman, she was meant to be ott, not realistic, and even then her figure is more "regular" than most cartoon characters.

Likewise, I suspect the multiple generations of girls who grew up with Barbies weren't adversely affected bc any kid who's ever held a Barbie and looked at a human knows they aren't the same thing. No kid is sitting around in their room thinking "wow I wish I looked like a rubbery plastic alien girl who can't move her arms or feet."

The damaging beauty standards come from media featuring real actors, from print ads and billboards, instagram and youtube, and so on. Even though teens and adults know logically that there's a lot of editing, it's hard to anyone to comprehend just how much of what they see online and on their insta/snapchat feeds and shit is edited.

This shit is the problem:
https://i.redd.it/mshkqi2p3h121.jpg
https://i.redd.it/a4z7fwu56a721.jpg

Not buff superladies with bitchin' swords:
https://i.imgur.com/gq6aruA.jpg

[bio_obscura]

I mean, they're both the problem. It sounds like you have an easier time dismissing the latter as an issue because you think She-Ra is cool, which she is, but it begs the question: why can't she be cool and not conventionally attractive? Why does "OTT" still = "could be the animated mascot of a beauty product"?

(But also the original She-Ra is a 30+ year old cartoon and things are getting much better.)