dora the whora?

my kid loves watching "dora the explorer". i like dora. i think its a cute show and the kids do learn spanish from it. we also like "diego", who happens to be doras cousin. we like him, because hes an animal rescuer. we are huge animal lovers and have even done a little animal rescue-ing ourselves. however...diego rescues jaguars and sloths. we stick mostly to the canine and feline variety.

anyway.....a while back, diane sent me an article about how mattel and nickelodeon were coming out with a new "tween" dora. a more grown up version for the "high school musical" and "hannah montana" crowd.

this is what my response back to her was:

omg! awesome.
they should give her implants and hair extensions. she
should wear short skirts and belly shirts. then they should have her getting out of cars and flash her coochie with no underwear on. oh...she should take nude pics to post on the internet and of course make a sex tape. miley and paris...watch out! theres a new hoochie mama in town. dora the whora!

well...diane thought that was really funny. i think its kinda funny too. but moms all over the country? they didnt find it funny at all. they wrote letters and e mailed and posted things all over the internet about how it wasnt right to make a wholesome character like dora into a sexy "tween" figure. blah blah blah. first of all...ill never understand how these people have the time to pursue formal complaints about things like this. secondly...ill never understand why they care. seriously.....my tv has over 500 or so channels. dontcha think they can find something else for their kid to watch? but as always, people like to moan and bitch and complain. and meanwhile...its probably their church going husbands (just sayin!) who are locked in the bathroom with magazine pics of the new "tween" dora.

whatever....i digress.

so....they just released the new "tween" dora.

this is her:

this is what moms all around the country got all steamed over! crazy! she looks pretty wholesome to me. (personally...i liked my idea and description better.) and im guessing, that along with their perverted husbands, that their sweet, innocent "tween" daughters dress way more provocatively than dora. (just sayin!)

and dora is just hanging out in the jungle, speaking spanish, going on adventures and climbing mountains. and what are their perfect angelic "tween" daughters doing? well....theyre going on adventures too. but it most likely involves boys. and spanish? no. more like spanish fly. and these boys? theyre the ones hanging out in your daughters jungle, and climbing her mountains. (just sayin!)

so. the moral of the story? who knows. i have a hard time staying with a single thought process. i guess dora was on my mind because the image was just released, and its being discussed all over the internet and tv. but i do have to giggle a bit. i wish i had the time to freak out about something so trivial and inconsequential. i think if these moms stopped caring about stupid shit, like doras new wardrobe, than maybe their "tween" daughters wouldnt be "tween moms" themselves.

yeah.

just sayin.