The Power Girls Before Girl Power: 1980s Toy-Based Girl Cartoons – Katia Perea

  Abstract: The socio/cultural history and partnership of toy advertisement and children’s television is rich and well documented (Schneider 1989, Kunkel 1988, Seiter 1993). In this article I discuss the influence of policy in girl’s cartoon programming as well as the relationship between commercialization and financial motivation in creating a girl cartoon media product. I … Continue reading The Power Girls Before Girl Power: 1980s Toy-Based Girl Cartoons – Katia Perea