#and that's the problem with barbie

[fictionadventurer]

A proper coming-of-age story involves the child discovering their own identity outside of their family structure, but it only resolves when the child takes responsibility for other people. A child is (or should be) taken care of by others, but an adult takes care of other people. Stories go wrong when they focus on the first step and forget the second step.

[andtosaturn]

BARBIE (2023) dir. Greta Gerwig

[bisexual-maelstrom12]

Something that I really like about the Barbie movie is that while there's this dialogue about how Barbieland is the real world in reverse, it's clear that the Kens don't have it as bad in Barbieland as women do in the real world. Yes, it's an unequal society which leaves Ken unsatisfied, but he doesn't face the sexual violence and danger that Barbie does in the real world. And I like it because there are so many movies or books where matriarchy is described as terrible and oppressive and just as bad as patriarchy, as if women in power would treat men the same way men have treated women for millennia. And the Barbie movie subtly interrogates that - like yes, the Kens not having power in society does block their self-realization, and it would be better for them if society was truly egalitarian, but in the meantime, they get to sit around on the beach all day and go to fun parties. Barbie under matriarchy does not wield the same oppressive power as real men in the real patriarchal world, showing that the problem with our world isn't just that men hold more political and economic power, but how they wield that power to terrorize women.

[junotter]

All the jokes about Ken and horses are good but I just wanna say it's such a good parallel to how actual young men get swept into misogyny and the patriarchy.

Like they're told to believe it means men get to be cool and manly and have this power but with that comes extremely rigid commands of what they can be as a man and a cycle of self hatred for never matching those gender roles perfectly. Patriarchy tells men that if they just do exactly what is expected of them, then they get all the "cool stuff" that comes with. That doesn't work though when there's only a small group that actually gets that power, but men will keep trying to fit into those roles in hopes that they can.

In the end there are no horses or the myth men are told, it's just endless cycles of self hatred and ingroup fighting.

[fourhunderedlux]

“i want a childish/sensitive girl” until she doesn’t know how to communicate correctly, goes silent when she’s upset, always thinks you’re upset with her, scared to have sex, cries almost every day, thinks you’ll leave her for someone more mature, acts like a child when shes with you, always thinks she’s too immature for you, has issues with eating because she knows you like tiny girls and she doesn’t feel small enough, and overthinks everything

[angelgigisworld]

[poeticsapphicism]

my parents in the 90s (i’m losing my mind and pretending they’re barbiegloria)

[thefemcels]

But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore suffers so much more

Hans Christian Anderson

[lovedbythelaw]

It has come to my attention that we do not yet have a Barbie & Ken mugshot meme for our darling duo

Anticipate me watching both the Barbie movie and PPP this summer!

[minamoreh]

because someone asked ever so nicely (and im free at the moment) here's shiara in that barbie meme

[darklesmylove]

me randomly remembering again that i haven’t updated my fic in months:

[frecklystars]

♡ heart eyes ♡ (WIP)

Every time I draw self ship art with Ken, I'm always gonna draw him wearing my bracelet. it's got the letter K, he can think of it as K for Ken or K for Keri. either way it'll make him think of me when he sees it 💕

[kinnbig]

someone needs to take this app away from me... [part 1 here]

[chantalswelt]

Can we talk about the box of the Ken movie doll that will be released in November?! 🚀🚀🚀

source creations.mattel.com

[wordlywriter]

me about every writing project I start…

[fourhunderedlux]

guys want a girl with daddy issues until the REAL daddy issues come out