Why is Marge Simpson a sex symbol? — salon.com

“Simpsons” superfans can get one more piece of branded merchandise to join their chess sets and Krusty dolls at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con; makeup line MAC is introducing a Marge Simpson capsule collection, including eyeshadow, lipglass, and fake lashes. It’s a fairly strange tie-in — Marge herself is depicted as going through life fairly fresh-faced, and is also a cartoon with far-from-aspirational yellow skin and blue hair. It’d be hard to imagine anyone wanting to get the Marge look in its specifics.

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