And the orodha goes on. The girls of the Winx Club have tiny little spindly arms and legs – which is what beautiful looks like – and wear skirts and dresses so ridiculously short that, if they were to bend over, wewe would see their entire vagina, even if they were wearing underwear. I have interpreted this as an example of them displaying their sexual prowess. Because all boys upendo legs, they have to onyesha as much leg as possible. What’s more, wewe are not allowed to be fat, for fear of insult:
First of all none of them ever alisema that ‘little spindly arms and legs’ is what beauty looks like, I’m sorry wewe interpreted that way. I don’t know if anyone mentioned this yet, but Winx is an Italian cartoon the drawing style may be different there. Not to mention the whole ‘you gotta be skinny’ message comes from over-analyzing shit that wasn’t meant to be over-analyzed. I started watching Winx when I was about 8 and I never thought of trying to be that thin because of a show, in fact it went right over my head. So if sending out bad messages to young girls is your concern, well shit, they don’t even notice it. And I speak from experience. Trust me; most of them are just there for the glittery wings and magic. Plus I don’t watch a onyesha based on how thin au fat the characters are. About the skirts, that’s also ng'ombe shit, Winx is no porno wewe don’t see any vaginas there, sorry to disappoint. They do a lot of fighting and never exposed themselves in the manner wewe claim they do. Again your interpretation is incorrect as they don’t even have skirts that short. And again this is a big over-analysis trust me I know, I was in high school English, a place where all the things are over analyzed. Since wewe seem to be a shabiki of over-analyzing though, allow me to over-analyze your comment; I interpreted your ‘all boys upendo legs’ as a sexist remark. Not all boys are that easy to turn on, not all boys are overly sexual. And again the fear of being fat is not an issue in Winx. None of them have ever alisema that being overweight is not okay. Just because they are thin doesn’t mean they think being fat is bad. I know a bunch of skinny people who don’t pick on heavier people. And then there’s the fact that society itself, even without Winx, is already obsessed with weight loss and not gaining weight so (playing wewe inayopendelewa over-analyzing game) the Winx girls just mirror society’s already obscured standards, if even. Because think about it, do wewe know anyone who actually wakes up and says “I think I want to put on 30 zaidi pounds today.” I don’t know many. That being alisema the Winx aren’t promoting anorexia, they are simply like every real person who wants to stay healthy.
Musa: Narrow passageway, plus-size fairy? Not good.
Stella: Plus-size fairy?! That’s not very nice!
Bloom: We got you, Stella!
Musa: And I didn’t mean anything kwa calling wewe plus-size.
All I can say is, where the heck did wewe get this dialog from? Damn what onyesha were wewe watching lol? I think all of us mashabiki would have remembered if this was actually said.
Another important facet of this delightful onyesha marketed at young girls is the characters’ incredible dependency on their significant others (who, 100 per cent of the time, are big, muscular and manly):
Not true at all the Winx girls are actually very independent. If wewe actually watched the onyesha wewe may have heard the line ‘girl power save the day’ in the theme song. If wewe even had the attention span to make it past the theme. If wewe watched episode 7 (pretty sure that was the one) Tecna and Musa sassed off Riven for wanting them to stay out of the way and proceeded to take down the minator infesting their school. In episode 8 siku of the Rose Bloom spilled a maua, ua pot of water on Riven for making a sexist remark. They also traveled to a desolate planet to save the universe, they boys were not present for that until the last minute. Long story short they do so much shit on their own that it out weights the few instances where they relied on the men. And even so, I doubt that the message was one about dependency issues, zaidi so one about team work and gender equality since the onyesha is female dominated and the men needed some time to shine. I also specifically remember Icy responding “It’s not like we’d want to socialize with these nerds anyways” after Stormy asks “Why do the boys want to hang out with these losers.” This being alisema I do believe it’s salama to say the witches had no interest in the men at all.
Brandon: wewe look beautiful!
Princess Stella: wewe saying that makes me feel beautiful!
And what of this dialog? Doesn’t everyone upendo a good compliment from their significant other every once in a while? Don’t lie, wewe enjoy a good compliment. That above is not being dependent on a lover to feel beautiful, that is a way of thanking someone for a compliment and setting a romantic mood.
Every episode, flying around in their short skirts, the Winx Club prevent a horrible tragedy from occurring. But they always end up in the arms of their men. In one episode I watched, a Winx Club fairy refused to help save the world because she was worrying about what her boyfriend had to tell her later that day. She proceeded to be royally bothered at her Marafiki for not caring about her and her boyfriend; because her Marafiki had to, like, save the world. wewe know how it is.
That is again, bullshit. How many episodes did wewe watch? Just episode 4? Because that was the only one that they really relied on the boys. Every other episode with the boys in it was either the Winx helping the boys au the Winx working, as equals in strength, power, and say, to defeat the enemies. Season 1’s finale had Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Stella fighting Darcy and Stormy and Bloom fighting Icy all alone, with no aid from the men at all. In fact the men took on the easier task of fighting in the background with everyone else. And the Winx whooped ass. The only reason they ended up back in the arms of the boys is to get a thank God you’re alive, congrats on saving the world hug/kiss. And let’s not forget Flora was single until halfway through season 2. In the episode ‘Last Resorts’ the Winx came up with the plan to take down the Trix and the boys merely assisted. zaidi often than not the Winx are saving the men and/or are in charge of them. Way to pick the worst character on the show. Bloom is a wimp. Bloom is weak. Just because one character is a royal f*** up doesn’t mean they all cast the world aside for silly things. And wewe just admitted that the other Winx didn’t care because they realized they had bigger problems.
The dependency on boys is so important that even the evil witches in this onyesha have evil boyfriends. The evil witches do their boyfriends’ bidding without question.
Can I get an ‘Aw Hell naw, wewe did not just insult the best characters’ over here! Now let’s just get one thing straight; biggest load of bullshit in this makala wewe typed. I don’t know if we watched the same version I did (I could imagine that RAI and 4kids were the same in this light) , because in the Winx I watched the Trix were completely single thorough season 1. The only relationship they had was Darcy using and manipulating the man. It wasn’t even real love, she was using and overpowering him and forcing him to do her bidding. Lol yup, very dependent on him of her. Hell, she even got mad when Stormy accused her of being in love. Icy would constantly mock the idea of Darcy and Riven being together, despite it’s true nature. In short, in season 1 the Trix girls simply didn’t give a shit. In season 2 while yes they had a thing for Darkar, they ended up turning on his punda after he ‘dumped’ them. If they are as dependant as wewe claim they probably would have been crying rather than coming back in their combined entity form and kicking his ass. An ass-kicking in which Icy yelled “All wewe did was sit around and give us orders. Now it’s your turn to take the orders.” Pretty independent if wewe ask me. In season 3 while yes they did do a lot for Valtor, they did do it with question; towards the middle of the season (after receiving disenchantix) Icy claimed that she thought something was up with him in the fact that he kept sending them out to fight in place of him, she suspected that he was afraid to fight himself. A few episodes later she confronted him and accused him to his face of being afraid. To which he shows her his true form, after that she was done. She claimed they had a bad taste in men and the Trix promptly left him to die. Even before that they questioned each other about why they were fighting over a guy because it was silly to do. Long story short, each time they got with a guy they ended up leaving him because he was powerful enough to meet their standards. Season 5’s Icy and all the characters just suck. I’ll give wewe leniency there, if wewe only watched season 5, I can understand your opinions, because season 5 is just crap. I don’t even consider it to be a part of the show…
Having read all this, let’s put on the cute shoes of a 12 mwaka old girl: what does this onyesha tell us?
1. wewe are capable of saving the world … if wewe are a fairy.
Let’s think back to when I was like 10 and my sister 8. We never thought that at all, in fact we thought we could go out and kick butt because of the onyesha and we were well aware that we were not faeries.
2. You’re not capable of happiness au beauty unless wewe have a boyfriend.
Bullshit. When my sister and I were little we didn’t even think about boyfriends. We didn’t give a flying f***, and I still don’t about beauty and appearance. When we were little our joy came from shit like getting a new doll au going to the park. I’m sorry if wewe rely on shows to teach wewe lessons. And I’m sorry wewe got the wrong ones.
3. Your boyfriend comes before everything, including saving the world and your best friends.
Wrong again, my sister and I didn’t have boyfriends to put before anything. And most of my Marafiki that I watched the onyesha with didn’t either. And guess what, they weren’t unhappy. And again that’s not even the message the onyesha was giving.
4. If wewe are 16 and wewe don’t have a boyfriend, wewe have failed.
Welp, guess I failed, and I don’t give a shit either. I’m asexual. That being alisema my many years of watching Winx didn’t teach me to rely on men. Why? Because it wasn’t supposed to. Because it never sent that message to me au any of its fans. Because most Winx mashabiki are smart enough to not believe everything we see on TV, because half of the stuff on TV isn’t meant to be taken seriously au applied to life in any way.
5. Your boyfriend must be big and muscular and manly (and look significantly older than you), au else wewe have failed.
Okay this one is completely untrue. Just because the Winx have muscular boyfriends doesn’t mean that the writer of the onyesha is telling girls who are single au have less ‘manly’ boyfriends they failed. Unless of course wewe are over-analyzing the onyesha and looking for excuses to hate it as wewe seem to be doing.
6. Short skirts and dresses are key. Everyone must almost see your vagina.
Alright, for one, society already figured out that one on its own. And I don’t agree with that message at all. Good thing Winx doesn’t actually promote that. Nope, no vagina scenes in Winx. Perhaps wewe stumbled across some bad fanart, it happens sometimes. And since we are talking about little girls getting this message; I doubt their parents would even allow that style of dressing. And I never wanted to dress like that as a little kid.
7. If wewe don’t have the tiniest, stringiest arms and legs, you’re “plus-size” and hence not accepted.
We already discussed this; allow me to refer wewe to the first paragraph once more.
8. wewe are submissive to your boyfriend.
Pretty sure this was discussed earlier too.
9. Even if you’re evil, wewe still need a boyfriend. And to be submissive to him.
Why are wewe even worried about this, I doubt an evil 12 mwaka old would be watching the show. And we already discussed this one to, but since I favor the Trix I will talk about it again. The Trix didn’t need a boyfriend and they had no problem kicking their men to the curb once they were done using them. Yes, they were only with them to use them for power. Shocking right? I know it’s hard for someone who thinks the onyesha is about male domination to believe that perhaps the evil women were just using the men for power and not actually seeking love. And when they got ‘dumped’ they didn’t cry, they didn’t give up, they simply didn’t give a shit. They didn’t even give half a shit. The Trix were not seeking male company, they sought out power and would do most anything to get it, as any real villain would. And let’s again mention that in season 1 the Trix had no boyfriends and they mocked those who did.
10. Pollution and robbers are super evil.
Well aren’t robbers evil? And isn’t pollution bad? Yeah, I would say so. I wouldn’t want some asshole taking my belongings. And I’m pretty sure the world isn’t as wholesome with all this garbage sitting on it. wewe act like getting kids to be environmentally aware is a bad thing. wewe act like teaching kids not to be thieves is negative.
I kind of feel like Winx Club tells us some horrible things. Essentially, it tells young girls that they can’t feel fulfilled unless they wear really short skirts and makeup, possess hunky boyfriends and wield fairy maua, ua powers. It is one thing to, as an adult, look at the facts logically and say that feminism makes sense; and yet, perhaps we underestimate how influential televisheni can be. I can’t help but think that certain ideas in women’s heads can be traced back to shows like Winx Club. Maybe, we think, it’s actually OK to only want to impress a man? Even though we are pulling off some super-cool fairy magic shit?
I kind of feel like people over-analyze onyesha like Winx Club too much and take away messages that were never actually there. I know for a fact that Barbie and Bratz are a lot worse. I know that MTV’s Bad Girls’ club is a worse influence on kids who stumble upon it. Essentially it doesn’t actually tell little girls anything about where happiness comes from. Well except for the fact that they advocate having nice caring Marafiki that can help wewe when you’re down. Nope, Winx never sent any message about needing a man to be happy. And they certainly didn’t say that your skirt, upindo needs to be a certain length to be fulfilled, because that’s ridiculous. As for the makeup, I don’t know many people who don’t already own material things that make them happy. Back to the over-analyzing game; are kids aliyopewa stuffed wanyama during early childhood to teach them that wewe need toys to be happy and to help wewe sleep? No, they are not. No Winx is not saying girls need make up to be happy. Again I have watched Winx practically my whole life and I hate makeup. If wewe wanna go there with the magic thing, then I guess you’re going to have to rant about Disney, Harry Potter, Sailor Moon, and any other magical girl show. Because supposedly they teach wewe that wewe need to have magic to be happy right? Wrong, Winx, like any other magic show, simply has a plot resolving around using magic to aid in battle and what not. The onyesha isn’t saying that wewe need powers to be happy, that’s ridiculous as many believe magic doesn’t exist. I am 19, an adult, and I have re-watched the onyesha many times with my new knowledge and perception and I think wewe are picking up on lessons that were never even meant to be there. wewe speak of the ideals put into wewe girls’ minds due in part to this show. But perhaps wewe should consider that these ideals were already prevalent in their minds, and they were since the dark ages. Mankind simply hasn’t completely erased gender roles. Some people undermined how influential TV is, others, like wewe over-analyze it. Gender roles have been here since time began and shows like Winx don’t advocate them. In fact Winx displays girl power and the ability to out shine a man. And if you’re children are that susceptible to influences, instead of ranting about the onyesha online, start putting child locks on everything your kid watches.
The feminist cause is not going to prevail if we continue to present young girls with stuff like Winx Club, Bratz Dolls and those new shitty Monsterz Dollz (is that what they’re even called?). Young girls will soon become young women, and some will inevitably come to believe that seeking the manliest partner and wearing a short skirt, upindo should be their highest priorities in life – closely followed kwa saving the world with magic, of course.
Again most little girls don’t even know what feminism is, moreover be influenced kwa a onyesha to go against independence. It is at the high school age when girls and boys alike are truly presented with these idealisms and get to take a stand on it. kwa this time any notion that they got from a children’s’ onyesha is probably cast aside kwa their new insight. I can’t speak for everyone, but as a little girl I never felt insuperior to the opposite gender because of a onyesha like Winx meant for entertainment. I know I can’t tell people how to be parents, but I think some parents need to stop being so butthurt, stop sheltering their child, and if they feel the need to do so, stop trying to force their beliefs onto other people. Your claim that women who watch this onyesha will ‘inevitably’ grow up seeking a masculine partner is painfully untrue, I am living proof of it. I am 19, never had a boyfriend, never wanted one, never will. And I have grown up watching Winx and occasionally playing with Bratz. My sister is the same way. And a good number of my Marafiki too. wewe are worrying about something that isn’t. And everyone knows that saving the world with magic isn’t a priority as no one actually has magical fairy powers.
