SJW Art and Extremes

[Miraculous Mira]

Spoiler: Life in Plastic

Spoiler: The Actual Thing

Good god as much as I love barbies, and I'm sorry for my language, but the art is fucking ugly as shit

 

[Krieger]

Spoiler: Life in Plastic

Spoiler: The Actual Thing

Apparently, according to the last bit of art, Roy Dennis was a transgender.

 

[The Great Pancake]

Spoiler: Life in Plastic

Spoiler: The Actual Thing

Wow, I can't believe they decided redrawing barbies was a good idea.

 

[Meowthkip]

I'm sorry for my language,

Bitch, where the fuck you think you at?

 

[IceGray]

Seriously, they think people want Barbies that look like man-faced gorillas?

The biggest selling point for Barbie is she's pretty and you want to dress her up to act out your little kid schemes. An ugly fashion doll would go out of business before it even reaches mass production.

 

[Baka Burst]

Seriously, they think people want Barbies that look like man-faced gorillas?

The biggest selling point for Barbie is she's pretty and you want to dress her up to act out your little kid schemes. An ugly fashion doll would go out of business before it even reaches mass production.

The worst part is that Barbie is already progressive enough as is. She has the "You can be anything" slogan, encouraging little girls to pursue their career choices. Barbie has been almost literally everything

Tumblrinas seem to have not gotten the memo about Barbie actually adding on the diversity too

/sperg

 

[Bani]

The worst part is that Barbie is already progressive enough as is. She has the "You can be anything" slogan, encouraging little girls to pursue their career choices. Barbie has been almost literally everything

Tumblrinas seem to have not gotten the memo about Barbie actually adding on the diversity too

/sperg

People have used Barbie as a vessel for "social commentary" for years. It's a pretty tired take, specially in the art and social justice communities, both of whom congregate on Tumblr. If it's a thing marketed towards children that can be misconstrued as offensive, controversial, or discriminatory in any way at all, people on both sides of the aisle will use it as a talking point.

I think people seriously fail to comprehend the extent to which children do not give a fuck. Most kids don't actually care whether or not a toy "looks" like them; it's more about what the toy can do, or how cute/cool/gross/whatever it is. This is anecdotal, but as a kid I disliked Barbies because of how "samey" and devoid of personality they were. Barbie being "literally almost anything" was the problem- she lacked character.

This isn't to say Barbie diversifying its lineup is a bad thing; like I said, the generic quality of the dolls alienated me from them as a kid. At least varying the dolls physical proportions and hair textures is giving them more distinct personalities, and perhaps improving kids' self esteem. But there is such a thing as trying too hard, and in Hasbro's case, it seems as though they're putting too much thought into what liberal adults think and not paying much mind to what the kids playing with the shit want.

Yeah, this is really off-topic, but I'm sick of people bitching about toys. Can't people find something more important to be morally outraged about?

 

[c-no]

People have used Barbie as a vessel for "social commentary" for years. It's a pretty tired take, specially in the art and social justice communities, both of whom congregate on Tumblr. If it's a thing marketed towards children that can be misconstrued as offensive, controversial, or discriminatory in any way at all, people on both sides of the aisle will use it as a talking point.

I think people seriously fail to comprehend the extent to which children do not give a fuck. Most kids don't actually care whether or not a toy "looks" like them; it's more about what the toy can do, or how cute/cool/gross/whatever it is. This is anecdotal, but as a kid I disliked Barbies because of how "samey" and devoid of personality they were. Barbie being "literally almost anything" was the problem- she lacked character.

This isn't to say Barbie diversifying its lineup is a bad thing; like I said, the generic quality of the dolls alienated me from them as a kid. At least varying the dolls physical proportions and hair textures is giving them more distinct personalities, and perhaps improving kids' self esteem. But there is such a thing as trying too hard, and in Hasbro's case, it seems as though they're putting too much thought into what liberal adults think and not paying much mind to what the kids playing with the shit want.

Yeah, this is really off-topic, but I'm sick of people bitching about toys. Can't people find something more important to be morally outraged about?

In terms of toys, it's going to be like cartoons. While one can be on the side of complaining on how it will affect kids, there's still going to be people sperging over toys the same way you get manchildren sperging over a cartoon.

 

[Meowthkip]

People have used Barbie as a vessel for "social commentary" for years. It's a pretty tired take, specially in the art and social justice communities, both of whom congregate on Tumblr. If it's a thing marketed towards children that can be misconstrued as offensive, controversial, or discriminatory in any way at all, people on both sides of the aisle will use it as a talking point.

I think people seriously fail to comprehend the extent to which children do not give a fuck. Most kids don't actually care whether or not a toy "looks" like them; it's more about what the toy can do, or how cute/cool/gross/whatever it is. This is anecdotal, but as a kid I disliked Barbies because of how "samey" and devoid of personality they were. Barbie being "literally almost anything" was the problem- she lacked character.

This isn't to say Barbie diversifying its lineup is a bad thing; like I said, the generic quality of the dolls alienated me from them as a kid. At least varying the dolls physical proportions and hair textures is giving them more distinct personalities, and perhaps improving kids' self esteem. But there is such a thing as trying too hard, and in Hasbro's case, it seems as though they're putting too much thought into what liberal adults think and not paying much mind to what the kids playing with the shit want.

Yeah, this is really off-topic, but I'm sick of people bitching about toys. Can't people find something more important to be morally outraged about?

Barbie couldn't be a dinosaur, though.

Major flaw in the toy design.

 

[friedshrimp]

The fat one over there had his penis cut off in a traumatic experience, so I really doubt he'd be all above calling himself asexie.

 

[The Silver Shroud]

The Steven Universe artstyle has become a malignant cancer in fandoms everywhere.
It's easy to draw, easy to make ugly, and is from a shitty progressive cartoon show.
Thus, it has infected Tumblr artists everywhere and is utterly inescapable.

 

[what]

So why not just make up your own original stuff instead?

You're implying they would actually care enough to put effort into something when we have 454 pages of this thread proving all they care about is crying for attention.

 

[Shuckle]

Maybe I should get out of the Ace Attorney tags, but it's a goldmine to be honest.

Spoiler: Vera Misham and Robin Newman, apparently

Spoiler: AA7 looks... good.

 

[NG 070]

In terms of toys, it's going to be like cartoons. While one can be on the side of complaining on how it will affect kids, there's still going to be people sperging over toys the same way you get manchildren sperging over a cartoon.

Case in point: That one crazy bitch who spergs out over American Girl dolls and has a thread in BP, I think.

Alternatively: Transformers fandom eating itself alive from time to time over the comics.

The Steven Universe artstyle has become a malignant cancer in fandoms everywhere.
It's easy to draw, easy to make ugly, and is from a shitty progressive cartoon show.
Thus, it has infected Tumblr artists everywhere and is utterly inescapable.

Sadly, this is so true. If I have to see another lumpy, dick sucking lipped In Name Only version of a character from a not-related-to-SU fandom again, it'll be too soon.

 

[Hummingbird]

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The fat one over there had his penis cut off in a traumatic experience, so I really doubt he'd be all above calling himself asexie.

Who are these two characters?

 

[NG 070]

Who are these two characters?

I almost want to say they're Wong and Dr. Strange, but for all I know, they could be from Venture Bros. or some shit like that.

 

[friedshrimp]

Who are these two characters?

Actually they're from Game of Thrones (they still look like themselves, but yeah, they're given tumblr sexualities)

 

[Hypodermic Johnny]

Actually they're from Game of Thrones (they still look like themselves, but yeah, they're given tumblr sexualities)

I dunno, I don't remember Oberyn Martell being that stereotypically Middle Eastern with the great big honking nose.

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

https://akhnaton-ii.deviantart.com/art/Dating-a-trans-person-698965309

 

[Somsnosa]

I can't comprehend what the hell is goin on