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Until I finally beat the Bratz game, I don’t think I fully embraced femininity in the way I used to as a kid.

When I got Rock Angelz for Christmas in 2005, my six-year-old self never envisioned it’d take me 14 years to complete it. Ah, the power of early aughts print journalism! The newly minted Bratz Magazine allows the girls to travel the world and start a band. Interest in Bratz merchandise skyrocketed even higher after MGA Entertainment released Bratz: Rock Angelz on GameCube, GameBoy, and PlayStation 16 years ago.Īccompanying the doll line and the direct-to-video movie, the video game has our girlies - Cloe, Jade, Sasha, and Yasmin - launching their own teen magazine after Jade lost her internship at the snooty Your Thing magazine. Despite the criticism Bratz received at the height of its popularity, the brand persevered and cemented itself in the culture as the doll that celebrated girls of all types of boldness and ethnicities. Whereas Barbie taught girls to be sweet and nice girl bosses, Bratz embraced little girls’ attitudes. I needed a win.īy 2005, Bratz already dethroned Barbie due to its passion for modern fashion and detachable ( and delectable ) shoes. I needed to finish the Bratz: Rock Angelz video game. Then, my brother brought his GameCube over to my mom’s house and my inner child called me to action. While people washed their groceries and fled cities, I was finishing my junior year of college in my childhood bedroom - feeling stranded and listless as April 2020 progressed.