#i guess my take is that if you really genuinely enjoy say. a yoghurt commercial on tv im happy for u but i can still say i hate ads

[thesoftestcowboy]

i honestly dont give a shit about which current film people are watching etc etc but

everyone being all ohhh if u dont wanna see b/arbie you obviously HATE FUN!!1 (which is literally i take ive read on here. and lets be real, the mindset is applied to literally anything these days) and it's like. okay orrrr maybe people just have different tastes (i literally never played with b/arbies and just dont care)

but also i did so much reading on mattel and the b/arbie branding and the feminist discourse surrounding it all in like 2020 (for unrelated reasons) and the whole discourse just confirms my personal conclusions and opinions on it. both on positive/neutral aspects (peoples personal relationships with b/arbie as a toy and how kids actually subvert stereotyping in unexpected ways are really interesting) and negative aspects (tldr: fuck mattel)

like. this could be a fun discussion but i despise the discourse so lets just pretend i never said anything