the thing that gets me about about barbie is that barbie land wasn’t even purposefully a matriarchy, barbie land came about because of the way little girls were playing with their barbies, it wasn’t created by mattel it was created by the people using the toys, so the fact that the barbies ignored the ken’s and had girls night every night wasn’t because they had some bias against him, it was just an accurate depiction of how kids play with barbies. I had some ken dolls as a child and they were essential to the plot in the sense that of course my barbie has a boyfriend because that represented the world i saw around me, but also he didn’t have any purpose in my dream world because i was only interested in what the girls were doing because they represented me and how i wanted to be, I wanted girls night every night I wanted the girls to be president and austronauts and not because of some inherent feminist idea but because I was a girl and I wasn’t thinking about boys, ken was an accessory. this movie wasn’t made to change the world but it showed a different perspective than what we usually see which I thought was fun. Men don’t have to be the centre of all our stories and its not even because we hate them, sometimes we’re just not thinking about them
It's 7:19 am, The house is quiet and dark, there is a warm glow at the window as the sun is slowly waking. The birds are stirring and the rain is pattering on the open window, I can feel the cold air and smell the fresh earthy scent of petrichor.
I'm surrounded by the softness of blankets and stuffed animals and my sweet boy is next to me quietly breathing away, not yet a snore but soft breaths.
He's dreaming and twitching and I can't find any other perfect moment, I admire him.