Depending on whom you ask, Bratz are odd-looking multiethnic dolls with big eyes and skimpy clothes — or they’re, like, the coolest things ever. The dolls — with their “passion for fashion” ...

With gaudy makeup to diminutive skirts, low-cut shirts, and high heels, you would think that I was talking about the tawdry, Hollywood party girls. But I am talking about something that is found in ...