{"id":44230,"date":"2012-03-02T12:40:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T17:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=44230"},"modified":"2013-11-08T04:51:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T09:51:59","slug":"sexy-toy-make-overs-polly-pocket-care-bears-and-barbie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/03\/02\/sexy-toy-make-overs-polly-pocket-care-bears-and-barbie\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexy Toy Make-Overs: Polly Pocket, Care Bears, and Barbie"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve enjoyed documenting the recent trend of sexifying toys, including\u00a0Dora the Explorer<\/a>,\u00a0Strawberry Shortcake, Holly Hobbie<\/a>,\u00a0Lisa Frank, Trolls, Cabbage Patch Kids<\/a>,\u00a0My Little Pony, Rainbow Brite, and Candy Land<\/a>,\u00a0and Lego<\/a> (you can see them all together on our\u00a0Sexy Toy Make-Overs Pinterest board<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Let’s start with Barbie because given how she’s the quintessential sexy toy, I think it’s surprising that she’s been made over. \u00a0I found evidence for the Barbie make-over at Feminist Philosophers<\/a>. \u00a0They put up the image below showing how Barbie’s torso was changed in the 2000s to one that was slimmer and with a more arched back:\"\"<\/a>
\nCynical Idealism<\/a> posted about the Care Bear make-over. \u00a0The toys have been made both thinner, more flirty, and less androgynous.<\/p>\n

Care Bears Then:\"\"<\/a>
\nCare Bears Now:\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I learned about the Polly Pocket make-over at Feminist Fatale<\/a>. \u00a0Whereas in the 1980s, Polly Pocket looked kind of like an infant and came with various accessories, today’s Polly Pocket is decidedly more Barbie-like.<\/p>\n

1980s Polly Pocket:<\/p>\n

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Today’s Polly Pocket:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>(source: Mattel<\/a>)<\/p>\n

So, there you have it! Three more sexy toy make-overs.<\/p>\nLisa Wade, PhD<\/a> is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is the author of <\/em>American Hookup<\/a>, a book about college sexual culture; a textbook about gender<\/a>; and a forthcoming introductory text: <\/em>Terrible Magnificent Sociology<\/a>.\u00a0You can follow her on Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve enjoyed documenting the recent trend of sexifying toys, including\u00a0Dora the Explorer,\u00a0Strawberry Shortcake, Holly Hobbie,\u00a0Lisa Frank, Trolls, Cabbage Patch Kids,\u00a0My Little Pony, Rainbow Brite, and Candy Land,\u00a0and Lego (you can see them all together on our\u00a0Sexy Toy Make-Overs Pinterest board). Let’s start with Barbie because given how she’s the quintessential sexy toy, I think it’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[223,55,2099,1711,120],"class_list":["post-44230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-childrenyouth","tag-gender","tag-gender-childrenyouth","tag-toysgames","tag-sex"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44230"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58459,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44230\/revisions\/58459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}