#so like in the most detached I Don’t Even Care About Barbie I’m Just Postin Here way possible. Barbie is a plastic toy.

[werewolfpdfs]

barbie isn’t a feminist or misogynistic she’s a plastic toy

#i know this sounds like im being a hater but imagine me saying this as genuinely and earnestly as possible #cause like ok. you have Barbie™️ the product produced by Mattel and marketed AS empowering #and then you have barbie the character in the general cultural imagination of…anyone who knows what barbie is #and opinions on THAT range from Misogynistic Consumerist Insecurity-Creating Stereotype #to Girlboss Empowering Femininity Do-Anything-Be-Anything Feminist #and this feels obnoxious to say because I thought the movie was mid but they did like. very briefly conceptualize this as like #barbie is a construct barbie isn’t real and as such barbie is whatever exists in the minds of really kids but also i suppose #other barbie enthusiasts hahah. and because of that barbie becomes a figurehead for womens leadership and strength OR a reenactment #of patriarchal norms (kids very much will take barbie’s scrubs off and marry her to ken and have her be a housewife lol this is a Thing) #or or or barbie is a vehicle for discovering lesbianism. or playing imaginary torture. #so like in the most detached I Don’t Even Care About Barbie I’m Just Postin Here way possible. Barbie is a plastic toy. #everyone ignore this im just talking on my silly little blog #old man yells at cloud