Painted Bride Quarterly

Brenda Nicholas

Brenda Nicholas: Bratz Dolls Ask Brunette, Roxxi Bratz,    to Write Response Letter to Critics Who Say the Dolls    “Encourage girls to think about themselves as sexualized objects.”

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Dear Sirz: We don’t agree with your criticizms of us at all! We are given clothez appropriate for our favorite placez & pastimez, such az shopz, nail salonz, clubz, bandz, datez & moviez. Short dressez are the fashion! And at least we wear pantiez—unlike Barbie. Sure, it is more uncomfortable and embarrassing to loze a […]

Brenda Nicholas

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Brenda Nicholas is an MFA candidate at UNCW in poetry. Her work has appeared in Rumble, Micro Fiction Magazine, Main Channel Voices, Red River Review, Illya’s Honey, Menacing Hedge, and The Helix Magazine. She lives in Wilmington, NC by the beach and teaches English courses at Cape Fear Community College.