It has been a long, LONG time since I've seen an episode of She-Ra but, to this day, the strongest feeling I have associated with the series is disappointment.

I was around seven years old when I became a fan of He-Man but I always felt that, as a girl, I couldn't express my interest in the show as I wanted to. Certainly I watched the show everyday but I secretly longed for those action-figures and endless days with battles of He-Man and Skeletor in my bedroom. These I felt could never be as girls simply don't buy boys toys... such is the world as understood by a seven year old.

When I heard there was going to be a She-Ra coming out, I was thrilled. At last! I could have my epic battles with cool action figures and superpowers. I waited with baited breath but when the show came to air I was crushed.

It was just so... GIRLIE. Sure, She-Ra could kick-ass and throw out the quips like He-Man, but there was something about her... her power poses somehow less powerful... her sidekicks less cool... the whole place and all the big characters in it... it was like someone took the Barbie universe, added a pinch of Eternia and shook.

I was eight years old, the first stirrings of a feminist awakening inside of me... I did indeed get a She-Ra action figure as I had hoped, but I always looked at her and wished she was as cool as He-Man.