#….nonbinary Barbie…..

[koifsssh]

gender envy

[animentality]

Barbie was the representative for all things girly and all things pink and what it means to be a woman and what it means to be a she and a her...while also loudly declaring she has no vagina.

Terf L, if I ever saw one.

[gingermutineer]

not barbie and not ken, but a secret third thing (allan)

[aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

As someone who identifies as nonbinary, Allan was my favorite character. He was described as how I see my gender. He's not Barbie, nor is he Ken. Allan is just Allan, and there's only one of him. I always describe my gender as "I'm not a boy or a girl, I am me, and there's only one me. I'm one of a kind." Allan just gets me fr.

[nico-is-a-corn-plant]

Shout out to the nonbinary icons of the barbie movie

[sweetjanexx]

Reblog and put a ‘😍’if I can take it off in your DMs...hurry before I hit DM limit

[vivid-bluez]

I didn’t realize it at first, but do you feel like Allan could be a stand in for nonbinary people?

BARBIE MOVIE SPOILERS:

He’s not a Ken, He’s not a Barbie, he’s just Allan He’s the only Allan and he doesn’t really understand it. He moves more like the Barbies do, but he’s not brainwashed by the Kendom. His appearance is similar to the Kens, but he’s not a part of the Kendom. He’s something else, somewhere in the middle.

Also they kinda show Allan not fitting into a gender binary. We see femininity and masculinity represented in Barbie and Ken, both going through the extremes of them. We see this in every Ken and every Barbie, but not Allan. He even works with the Barbies when dismantling the Kendom since it effects him negatively too and he doesn’t like it. Like how the patriarchy also effects non binary people and people outside the gender binary negatively.

You could say he leans masc/is masc and that’s true, but the Kens don’t really seem to accept him or include him as one of them. He has Barbie-like mannerisms but he’s not included with the Barbies ever, he’s not invited to girls nights. He’s just, Allan.

[thefairygoddess100]

Would you x 🏳️‍⚧️❤️🥰

Don't lie baby:💖

[shaylogic]

Queer Experience Watching Barbie - AFAB Masculinity

I started to go into this in tags on another post but I wanted to type this up separately and try to develop my thoughts a little more. . .

Ryan!Ken’s arc in Barbie (2023) has been buzzing in my head for days.

I got fixated on it for a couple of major reasons:

1) We rarely have seen a feminist movie take time to address men with compassion in how patriarchy harms them too.

2) As a trans masc person, I think it hits a specific part of my identity that I don’t consciously let myself think about for too long. Something about being raised in a female world with sisterhood and community. Then being isolated in adult manhood without the tools to prepare you for that. Conscientious of respecting women and being unbothered by feminimity around you, but not knowing your place in the world.

How do I put it?

I know it’s not the direct intention of the film itself, but I’ve seen other trans folks (especially transmasc), reacting similarly to the feeling we get from it.

Ken’s arc feels pretty reminicent of the struggle afab lgbt folks go through when considering masculinity in their identity (butch lesbians, afab nbs, trans men, etc.)

How to make peace with masculine aspects of yourself without losing the women in your life? (One can argue Kate McKinnon’s Weird Barbie has aspects of this as well.)

Of course, then Ken goes off on the adopting patriarchy ride, which IS the point of the movie, and may skew a bit from the transmasc read on it--though I have known a trans guy here and there who avoids being misgendered so hard that they can become somewhat sexist. To which I say: “You don’t need to have a dick to be a man, and you don’t need to BE a dick to be a man.” But I digress.

Something about Ken being comfortable in a woman’s world but not understanding why he’s being shut out from socially bonding with them (in any sense! Romantic, Familial, Platonic Friendship. . .)

The overall theme of the movie for both Barbie and Ken--in an allegory of heavy gender roles harming all--leading them each to have to figure out who they are in themselves, regardless of others. . . 

Trans masc folx can relate to both Barbie and Ken’s arcs.

I don’t want to detract from Barbie’s arc being the main point of the movie.

I think the reason why we get hung up on Ryan!Ken’s character is because. . . we’ve related to the Barbie plot in other movies and shows before, thinking back to our “girlhoods” as children.

I have never seen the arc Ken has in this in any other story!!!!

There are some Man Movies that have attempted to discuss the struggle of Being a Man--but they often come off as too dismissive of feminine experiences, and are therefore as offputting to transmasc people as women.

Because of the nature of the two worlds exhibited in this movie, and Ken’s backround in his setting, personality, and purpose in relation to the Barbies, he’s a Man living with Female Socialization, in a Woman’s World; he’s a male character that inherently admires and respects women in his nature (until the real world influence distorts it).

This isn’t a perfect example of a transmasc experience either, but it’s a lot closer than most of us generally get to see! That’s why so many of us are getting caught up in this.

Please, other trans folx (transfems, too!), I really need us to have a discussion about this. What were your experiences and thoughts around this movie?

P.S. Yeah, we kinda get that nonbinary allegory from Allan (not a Ken, not a Barbie, siding with Feminism in the Gender War), but he wasn’t in significant focus of the plot the way Ryan!Ken was. If I try to read into Allan, I don’t have much to work with.

[lallielo]

Much happier with a big smile

Sorry for your loss lol 😊

[aro-goddess-artemis]

Margot Robbie saying Barbie is asexual because she doesn’t have genitals has the same vibe as robots/aliens being non binary because they don’t have the human concept of gender. It feels like it’s based on a technicality. It feels like they don’t understand how real people experience these identities.

[gloriousbananafest]

Wake up in the morning and get it 🍆💦🥵❤️🥰

[kamiskringe]

HE IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME ❤️❤️❤️

Spoilers (?) in tags

[elegantstarlight02]

Let get nasty🍆🥵

[cytryndor]

that's for all of lesbians and nonbinary barbies and allans out there

[thefairygoddess100]

If you can relate, say hi to momma 🥰💖💦

My Willy in a Peanut butter jar: 🍆🫙🤤💦