Comments on: Dora the Explorer’s Makeover

By: Sexy Toy Make-Overs: Polly Pocket, Care Bears, and Barbie | Adios Barbie

Sexy Toy Make-Overs: Polly Pocket, Care Bears, and Barbie | Adios Barbie — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:08:00 +0000

[...] enjoyed documenting the recent trend of sexifying toys, including Dora the Explorer, Strawberry Shortcake, Holly Hobbie, Lisa Frank, Trolls, Cabbage Patch Kids, My Little Pony, [...]

By: Beauty and the New Lego Line For Girls « Marketing

Beauty and the New Lego Line For Girls « Marketing — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:52:23 +0000

[...] There is no innovation here; it is the exact same makeover that we’ve seen in recent years with Dora the Explorer, Strawberry Shortcake, Holly Hobbie, Lisa Frank, Trolls, Cabbage Patch Kids, My Little Pony, [...]

By: jen

jen — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:59:00 +0000

I agree with you. There is nothing wrong with little girls choosing strollers and plastic babies to play with. The problem I have with this line of Dora toys is that those are the *only* toys being offered… I think that was the point the article was trying to make, not that girls shouldn’t play with pink strollers and kitchens, but that the Dora toys are sadly limited. Dora is about exploring the world and going on adventures, and I would like to see more toys being offered that reflect that, in addition to these ones.

By: Beauty and the New LEGO Line for Girls : Ms Magazine Blog

Beauty and the New LEGO Line for Girls : Ms Magazine Blog — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:15:31 +0000

[...] There is no innovation here; it is the exact same makeover that we’ve seen in recent years with Dora the Explorer, Strawberry Shortcake and Holly Hobbie, Lisa Frank, Trolls and Cabbage Patch Kids, My Little Pony, [...]

By: pennD

pennD — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:24:00 +0000

Where is boots…… :(

By: Dona

Dona — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:28:00 +0000

I think its’ more of a marketing strategy than an agenda to manipulate female roles to society. I think it goes with the fad- the “justin bieber”/ “rebecca black” fad. We can’t deny that ever since Justin Bieber dominated the media scene, it has become a world full of tweens. Thus hitting capitalists the question “why not use them as target consumers?”, “Why not Dora? for sure most of the tweens have known Dora, since they’ve just entered their tweens right?” Dora’s popular, and tweenhood is “in”, combining both of them as”Tween Dora” wouldn’t be such a bad idea.
As for the toys, I’m not surprised toys for little girls are like that, because they’ve always been like that. I mean for ages! When I was a kid, even without Dora’s, I used to love role-playing games, we all do. We take on roles as early as our childhood years. And of course who else should we copy our roles into but our parents, one of the primary agents of socialization. And capitalists, being as they are, is just there to make a profit out of it. That is, by providing toys/props for the role playing games of the children.

By: Sara

Sara — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:41:00 +0000

The only thing that bothers me is that children are being taught that in order to be ‘pretty’ you should have nice shoes, clothes, and longer hair, you should be skinny and maybe even wear make-up.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:37:56 +0000

I was walking around a discount shop in the UK the other day and noticed a dora the explorer pretend iron in barbie pink. Nothing like exploring the wonderful worl of ironing with your very own pink plastic iron, is there? *hits head against wall repeatedly*

By: janice

janice — Thu, 05 May 2011 19:28:03 +0000

i so agree with you, i dnt have a child but i do watch dora myself as i find it interesting. my little sister enjoys it very much too, now when she sees a change in the image shes not going to think that its dora she will have the idea that its a different cartoon.

By: janice

janice — Thu, 05 May 2011 19:24:22 +0000

i like the old Dora better, why? because she looks like a child and not an adult with make up and jewelry. i say the old Dora all the way. yes you could add length to her hair, put her in a dress and change her shoe, she wont be the same Dora that most kids are used to. i dnt agree with changing her looks

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:10:11 +0000

I think its good they reinvented dora cause lil dora was getting played out. And what she has on is normal wear for a teen, and its not too skimpy

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By: AlaskanMama

AlaskanMama — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:18:53 +0000

Ok…take this as my opinion only. I am a mama to a 20 month old girl, she has no idea who Dora is because we don’t let her watch TV or own one. When she was around one year, she saw a doll at my mom’s house, picked it up and immediately began “mothering” it. To this day, she plays with her babies daily, nursing them, rocking them, showing them the cookies we bake in the oven, buckling them in the highchair for breakfast and even washing them in the tub. I never expected her to be interested in dolls at such a young age, but it seems natural to me for her to want to model her behavior after me. It melted my heart when I watched her nurse her baby and then gently kiss it on the head.
There is nothing wrong with her feminine behavior, for you to say that it is a negative for girls to play with strollers and be “just like mommy” sends the message that what…girls should be in the jungle swinging on vines? Feminism is about the ability for a woman to CHOOSE who she wants to be. Whether or not my daughter’s behavior is the result of nature or nurture, I would never want anyone to send her the message that her choice is wrong…that goes for the corporations pushing their agenda and for you pushing yours.

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