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Blah Girls are so blasé

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Gina de Vries

Ashton Kutcher recently launched Blah Girls, a website that's calling itself a blog, but is really more of a Vitamin-water-endorsed cross-breed of Saved by the Bell and The Powerpuff Girls.

Now, I've got a pretty thick skin when it comes to pop culture, but even going in with a "this won't be perfect" attitude, I was still pretty taken aback by Blah Girl's overt racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia.

Some examples of how things work in the world of Blah Girls:

Vitamin Water (TM) resurrects you from death by drowning and monster-attack.
It's like spinach was for Popeye!

Girls talk about boys, fashion and Hollywood gossip.
All the time. That's basically it.

Women wearing suits are "fashion tranny trainwreck[s]."
Uh, yeah. I don't even know where to begin unpacking that statement.

Black women start every sentence with "Yo!"
They also call every other woman they interact with "Homegirl!"

You know if a man is gay or not by how he greets you.
"Hey bitches!" or "Hey hookers!" equals gay. "Hello" equals not gay.

Usually, I love fluffy web animation — especially stuff that lampoons high school clique-ish-ness — but this was so stupidly offensive, I just stopped watching. Even overlooking the political flaws, the jokes (like tired lines about Gwen Stefani's hair) just aren't that funny.

For an actually excellent high school clique parody cartoon, I'm sticking with Teen Girl Squad. So good!

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    • Submitted by
    Gina de Vries
    on September 22, 2008 - 10:14am.
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    missymae's picture

    I have a crush on every

    Submitted by
    missymae (9 posts)
    on September 22, 2008 - 10:51am.

    I have a crush on every boy. 

    chanticorae's picture

    gazelle carcass!

    Submitted by
    chanticorae (90 posts)
    on September 22, 2008 - 11:56am.
    gazelle carcass!
    Kristin the Piston's picture

    ARROWED!! "Apparently,

    Submitted by
    Kristin the Piston (29 posts)
    on September 22, 2008 - 1:53pm.

    ARROWED!!

    "Apparently, some people have a problem with me saying awesome things"- Olivia Munn

    karen's picture

    used to love teen girl squad!

    Submitted by
    karen (48 posts)
    on September 22, 2008 - 7:23pm.

    ...Wave o' babies!

     

    Acisse's picture

    New name...

    Submitted by
    Acisse (19 posts)
    on September 22, 2008 - 11:23am.

    Hey,

    Gina de Vries seems like a new name here. Is it? Well welcome. The name seems Dutch. I have googled and found a myspace page, so if you are queershoulder, I am looking forward to more blogs.

    brianna32's picture

    That's the Internet for you

    Submitted by
    brianna32 (13 posts)
    on September 22, 2008 - 1:48pm.

    As much as I love the freedom of expression offered by the Internet, that freedom also allows people to be horribly offensive. I think that this cartoon represents the culumation of ideas expressed by idiot youtube commentators and forum trolls.

    katemc39's picture

    homestarrunner

    Submitted by
    katemc39 (150 posts)
    on September 22, 2008 - 2:30pm.

    I love the homestar site, so good on you Gina for giving it a mention!

    Based on your review, I won't be checking out Ashton's new site but I will be hating on it from a cyber-distance....

    F.Y.E.'s picture

    Ditto

    Submitted by
    F.Y.E. (654 posts)
    on September 22, 2008 - 7:49pm.
    Homestarrunner rocks! I even have the CD "Strongbad Sings and Other Type Hits" lol
    Nicole Mooring's picture

    ow my stomach lining.

    Submitted by
    Nicole Mooring (29 posts)
    on September 22, 2008 - 5:36pm.

    that ridiculous "tranny fashion" thing was started by that stupid project runway kid. "you're a hot tranny mess. that's fierce." that kid is ridiculous. people say it and think it's okay because some dude on tv started saying it. BAD LITTLE HOMO. BAD.

     i met a possum. 

    my apartment smells of rich mahogany.

    LilyJadeRose's picture

    i watched the episode

    Submitted by
    LilyJadeRose (684 posts)
    on September 22, 2008 - 10:48pm.

    i watched the episode called hot or homeless..which this article refers to...and the one called skinny.  i don't get it.  it just seems pointless and not funny at all.  i didn't notice any racism, although i can't figure out why the black chick has an afro....but yeah.  the hot or homeless episode had some rather disturbing nuances.  such as what's her name "getting points for highering a mentally retarded stylist".  ouch.

     

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