So so eighties.
Back in the day any half decent cartoon on Dutch telly was watched, whether or not it was a “girls” cartoon or not and Jem was better than most, mainly due to the writing talents of Christy Marx, who you may know from her work on Conan and Red Sonja for Marvel, as well as Sisterhood of Steel for Epic and Eclipse. Animation paid better, which is a bit of a shame because it’s not as comics in the eighties was overburdened with female writers…