Fuck Tweens (Not literally....that would be wrong)

Sorry about the delay, things have been odd, and life has gotten in the way of my own cantankerousness.

Now on to the reason why the internet was invented...complaining about things that I have no real ideas on how to improve and general grousing.

......anyhoo

Fuck Tweens! I'm sick of the shit that panders to them, the constant advertising to them, and the fact that most of the sheer amount of bullshit in general that has gone into creating this image of what tweens are. What is a tween in reality? Nothing, the term has little to no basis in reality, and is simply another case of the marketplace and advertisers CREATING the market that they want to sell to and tacking advantage of people in a stage of life that is already too self-conscious and worried about fitting in. then they create the IT product and tell them that unless you have this BRAND NEW THING, then you're some kind of sub-human. Add to that the fact that since these tweens are also without thier own income in most cases, the parents are manipulated into buying the crap.
In that same vein I have a related complaint. What the hell happened to Barbie? Not as in the whole "Train Wreck" connotation, but wht happened in general? I remember when Barbie had jobs, she was a Teacher, Flight Attendent, even an Ambassador to the U. N. (May actually be a figment of my imagination). But now what is Barbie....A princess. A lazy sit on her ass and wait to be rescued princess. Somehow in this princessification of Barbie, she became a toy for the younger set. Essentially she became a "Starter Doll" for girls that were too young for Bratz, or to children of Bratz averse parents.
Speaking of Bratz....WHO the FUCK thought that this was a good idea? Yes it made a shitload of money but what was the point of them? It just reinforces the idea of all you need are tits and pretty clothes and everything will be ok. They don't, in my opinion, have any redeeming value to them, put out the entirely wrong message for girls, and when they were forced to change half-assed it. I for one am glad to see them go and hope that they get out of the toy aisle as quickly as they appeared.