She-Ra and the Fight Against the Token Girl - The Atlantic

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She-Ra and the Fight Against the Token Girl - The Atlantic

06-17-2016, 04:49 PM

"Decades before the outcry against the Ghostbusters remake, a 1980s kids show tried—and failed—to subvert male-centric stories."

'She-Ra' and the Fight Against the Token Girl

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/06/she-ra-the-female-centric-80s-kids-show/487145/?utm_content=bufferc4514&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

A short-lived 1980s kids show tried—and failed—to subvert the male-centric cartoons that ruled the decade.

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06-19-2016, 02:40 PM

The cartoon really was ahead of its time. There was nothing on the air for young girls at that time that even compares to She-Ra.

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