Found here, here, and here thanks to Erin H. Thanks!
Erin writes:
This brings together the awful hypersexualisation of toys for young girls (recommended: ages 4 – 8 ) with the often bizarre and sometimes disturbing anthropomorphisation of animals. In this case, Bratz dolls (complete with impossible footwear and freakishly large eyes) meet My Little Ponies in an unholy combination of hinted-at cleavage, age-inappropriate costuming / accessories and come-hither glances! So many shades of ick. What would the equivalent for young boys be, I wonder?
Speaking of, is anyone else nostalgic for my little ponies and carebears? Sigh.
NEW! In a similar phenomenon, I present you the Tini Puppini (found here via Jezebel):
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Sandra — May 14, 2008
I always liked the ponies better when they were a little chubby. The current ones (at least where I live) are skinnier and sexier than the older ones, but I think it's just because they are supposed to be more teenage-like. These above however, go far beyond what's normal.
Oh yeah, this is exactly what I want my 5 year old sister to be playing with (not), horses with unnaturally skinny bodies, a lot of make up and wearing high heels. And because the horses look so human, there is a really good chance that kids might think that this is how pretty girls are supposed to look like.
Some say that so young children are to young to be affected by toys, but I've seen a clear transformation in my sisters after my mom abandoned her insistence on not letting her daughters get all girly-girly, and started giving them a lot of princesse toys.
How come that similar toys aimed at boys are always more healthy-looking? "boy" dolls are usually sporty, healthy and active, while "girl" dolls are almost always skinny, fragile-looking, and with a lot of make-up.
Anonymous — May 14, 2008
Aaah! WTF is that? And I thought Bratz were bad...
Village Idiot — May 14, 2008
Don't forget your "Pony Play" boots from a few posts back... The sexualization of little girls is disturbing enough, but now farm animals too?!? These are strange times indeed. What's next, the Bratz Heavy Petting Zoo? Is it me or is our society becoming a lot like the Roman Empire just before it fell? I mean minus all the plastic, of course.
Denise — May 16, 2008
Capitol Hill Barbie's blog, where I first saw these, hilariously calls them "whorses."
Anonymous — June 7, 2008
HORSES DO NOT WEAR HIGH HEELS! God those things are awful and so many kinds of wrong.
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Bagelsan — November 4, 2008
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Starcher — January 21, 2010
It's like the toys are being sold to women. No surprise because moms are the ones usually buying the toys for their daughters. I had to laugh at the Tini Puppinis, thinking about how a commercial avoids calling them what they are, bitches.