#matel

[libbyframe]

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[evilbubu]

for those who love Barbie. I found a picrew for you!! 💞✨

[zeriphi]

🩵 ❄️ Fearidescent Lagoon ❄️ 🩵

[hamleeart]

childhood incomplete without 'em

[keythekeythekey]

Monster high books broke me

I bought all 4 of the og MH books and wanted to read them all but guys I can't

It's so bad

If I have to read another whole paragraph about how one character is dressed in tiniest details I am going to burn my eyes.

It's so cringy in a way it's just not fun to read, most of the times I just hit my face with the book

AND FUCKING MELODY AAAAHHHH I hate her guts, she is such "I am not like other girls" while literally being like all the other girls around her.

Also girls there have no personality they are just stereotypical girly girls that an alien would write with having the smallest understanding of what teen girl is.

For a book that is supposed to be all about diversity, everybody sure is like a cookie-cut of stereotypical girly girl.

[parasitismedy]

Monster high drawings!!! Doing cleo and ghoulia next

[nostalgicangel25]

[shamelessly-obsessed]

SHE

[pamela-kyle-mp3]

WE ARE MONSTERS, WE ARE PROUD, WE ARE MONSTERS SAY IT LOUD!!!!!

[kurticus]

A side thing I really liked about the Barbie movie was the depiction of Ken and the Patriarchy. When the Kens implemented Patriarchy, they didn't bring violence. They just wanted to feel smart and useful. But instead of building themselves up to be equal with Barbie they imagined a world where she was dumb like them.

When I was a teenage guy I was wise enough to understand that feminism was a good thing and the violent parts of masculinity weren't. But I came dangerously close to the nice guy trope because I was lonely and didn't have a good sense of self value outside of wanting girls attention.

So seeing Ken-dom land, and its just a bunch of guys goofing around, play fighting on the beech and singing cheesy songs to the girl they like? It felt kind of wholesome. Like mysogony without the violence. As if their greatest dream was to have the person they value most find them to be smart and interesting.

Now, obviously they needed shut down. In no way am I saying that was the way things should have ended. The Kens needed to learn that they can find their value through valuing and growing themselves rather than bringing Barbie down.

But it was a neat kind of peek behind the curtain of that kind of toxic masculinity I grew up in. Toxic masculinity lite. Diet Masculinity.

[pezboisworld]

Hollywood's rush to make a Matel Cinematic Universe after the success of the barbie movie is hilarious. They doing all this when we just want fun saturated movies, with engaging marketing, and geeky press tours.

To be clear, I will be seated for Polly Pocket, Uno, and the yet to be announced Monster High theatrical release.

These 3 movies would be Kenough for me.

[skeleton-bat]

Man one thing about barbie and the body image stuff is that even if matel made nothing but actual fat dolls to combat the self induced body image problems the skinny barbie made society will still do its part of making people feel body image problems. When the 'curvy' barbie was released people called her fat as an insult made fun of her and she's the least sold doll like at some point you gotta realize that it's not just a company or corporation but also largely society as a whole who's making this a fucking problem.

Original barbie probably wouldn't even have instilled body image issues onto young girls if the society around them wasn't pushing for thin is in fat is ugly diet culture forever bullshit. Remember she came out in the 50's and America has and still does have a fucking social issue of accepting other body types. Barbie was just one of the many catalysts the societies standereds were funneled through.

If society didn't perpetuate this bs than young girls wouldn't feel pressured to look like barbie. But no society still hates any type of change to the thin is pretty statues quote.

And I'm not saying matel isn't at fault or doesn't play its part in all this they still deserve criticism for what's happened but what I'm saying is you can only do so much and if the majority of society has a body image problem than anything made and released is going to have that body image problem. There is no way to win in that.

You loose good day sir

[bdzonthareel]

Barbie

When I first heard about a Barbie movie, I like many people rolled their eyes at the very thought of it. Barbie media has often (at times unfairly) lambasted for being a cash grab and that was my initial reaction, however we I heard that Margot Robbie was involved and her production company was fitting the bill, my interest was piqued. So without further ado, (and I never thought I would ever say these words) let’s talk about Barbie!

We’re introduced to the fictional world of Barbieland, where every concept of Barbie exists and lives in perfect harmony with a respective Ken, and Allan (there’s only one of him.) But the harmony is disrupted when Robbie’s Stereotypical Barbie begins to suffer from an existential crisis and in order for her to fix what’s wrong she must go to the real world and meet the girl who is playing with her and figure out what’s wrong.

In all genres of entertainment, comedy is one of those that I am insanely harsh on, as comedian myself I feel like there should be a flow to long form story, especially in comedy. But I can say that Director and co-screenwriter Greta Gerwig created a work that was heartfelt and hilarious in this film.

The cinematography is nothing short of brilliant, lots and lots of pink paint was used to bring Barbieland to life and it felt like one massive play set. And the various Real World shots were not to be out done giving off a stark contrast to each other.

The soundtrack was a delightful mix of classic top 40s, newer hits and self-aware comedic songs. The score was equally light poppy and fun, composers (pop music legend) Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt brought an amazing upbeat energy to this film.

Co-writer Noah Baumbach, helped with some very well-timed jokes, and you know they worked because they triggered a metric ton of incels, and that alone was worth the price of admission. Together with Gerwig, I was throughly impressed with the amount of meta commentary on display, and despite what some might lead you to believe, the film doesn’t demonize men; the film’s message is far more complex than that. I also appreciate the fact that they made the movie about the titular character, with seems to be something that franchises like Transformers can’t seem to get right.

And the performances were hilariously well done, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gossling have great chemistry as they lampoon the ideas of these characters’ roles. Simu Liu, is amazing versatile and brings the same amazing timing that he brought to Kim’s Convenience and it was delightful. Although my favorite Barbies were Issa Rei as President Barbie and Sharon Rooney as Lawyer Barbie. And I would be remised to ignore Hari Nef whose Doctor Barbie was whimsical and charming, Also since I’m madly in love with Alexandra Shipp I can say that she another of my favorite parts. America Ferreira and Ariana Greenblat served as great moral support for the various inhabitants of Barbieland and then there Will Ferrell I was almost convinced was Ken at one point given his goofball behavior. I also enjoyed seeing Rhea Pearlman as one (spoilers), she just gets better with age. Kate McKinnon really went all in as Weird Barbie as did Michael Cera as Allan (easily my favorite character in the film.) And last but certainly NOT least, Dame Hellen Mirren as the narrator brought a nice touch of her

Barbie was more than what I and many others initially expected, it was packaged as a goofball fish-out-of-water comedy which is a tired cliché in its own right, I sat down on this for a good while before writing this and I feel like its one of the best comedies I have seen in a very long time. It was very funny, but it also had a lot to say about growing up, holding on to thing that we love, and letting go of them. The biggest message that we all have to find our own way, because we are all more than just an idea and life doesn’t exist in just a straight line and at the end of the day isn’t that what it means to be human?

I give Barbie a well-deserved, 5 out of 5.

[moonstruck-bubble]

I really lucked out a liquidation sale and got the best Draculaura top!! I'm so excited to cosplay her at sdcc this year!

[reroutingnetwork]

Have you watched any Barbie Movies to prepare for the upcoming Barbie Movie?

First of all, you should.

Second of all, we did and talked about them. So if you have Barbie fever, want a trip down memory lane or don’t know where to start in the BCU (Barbie Cinematic Universe) give this weeks episode a listen. We talk about our favorite Barbie movies, about our least favorites and about our experiences and memories with Barbie in general.