I'm really not a very angry person there's just a lot of rage inside me
oh, to be a star on big screens … everything comes naturally after a while : the beaming smile, the perfectly straight posture, not blinking despite the blinding flashes of cameras. not to mention the perks that come with being a celebrity! ❝ ken, you won’t believe this! ❞ her smile was radiating the entire room – perhaps, that’s why she was cast in so many productions – as she approached @earringmagick. ❝ can you guess what i’ve got? ❞ a plastic surgery, like the media kept pushing her? nope. a secret piercing? no, that’s not it either. from the wa she was smiling to the way she was swaying left and right, with both arms behind her back, it seemed like there was something else. still, mystery’s an asset she’ve learnt & mastered while working in hollywood. barbie couldn’t just give everything on a silver platter, it’d ruin the effect altogether. ❝ come on, guess it! ❞
hot take ahead on barbie (2023) INCLUDING SPOILERS
i don't think barbie is about feminism. in this essay i will...
but no, really. according to the cambridge dictionary, feminism is "the belief that women should be allowed the same rights, power, and opportunities as men and be treated in the same way, or the set of activities intended to achieve this state". nowhere in the movie does it show any character wanting to become part of the feminist movement. i want to emphasize that feminism is about being treated the same way, including women having the same rights as men. barbie isn't a feminist. neither is ken. don't even get me started about the elf of the shelf aka mattel's ceo.
everytime i go on youtube i get bombarded (due to the algorithm i created lmao) with barbie videos and how everyone talks about feminism or anti-feminism for that matter. and from a sociological point of view (i missed using this fancy term), it shows how individuals will see/hear exactly what they are looking for - they will see/hear everything that goes along or, on the contrary, what contradicts their own set of beliefs that they had before watching the movie. if someone was looking for feminism, they will look at all the signs for women rights in barbieland being equal to men rights in the real world. or, vice versa, if someone was looking for anti-feminism, they will look at how all male dolls were treated (that includes the kens, allan/s and all the other dolls too as long as they fall into the masculine gender).
but let's break down the feminism definition to prove this point. my archnemesis emile durkheim said that "the totality of beliefs and sentiments common to average members of the same society forms a particular system that has its own life; one might call it the collective or common consciousness". in that sense, beliefs become part of a group (or subgroup) if they are agreed upon by a majority. the term women is too broad, so instead i will use another: individuals who identify with femininity (this is still skewed since it doesn't cover that much ground on all gender identities, but hopefully it's enough to make the point). the rest of the quote in the beginning basically agrees upon all genders having equal rights, power and opportunities in a society. to limit this even further, it means no discrimination whatsoever, regarding any aspect of one's life and activity in a society.
this brings me back to the barbie movie. the movie isn't about matriarchy vs patriarchy. from an empirical point of view (and it was hard to do that bc i adore the actors/actresses and the dolls), the movie can be considered at the very most satirical. barbieland was ruled by matriarchy until the kens overthrown that government. but the barbies did manipulate the situation so that they could take the power again. in the end, the barbies said they will allow some positions for the kens, but definitely not something important, suggesting that they couldn't face it. that isn't feminism. it's not about equal rights. it's exactly what we see in societies. let the minority think they won something when in fact, you don't give them at the very least the bare minimum.
i woke up and chose violence. but this is my hot take on the sociological aspects of the movie. i'm oh so tempted to make an actual paper including the political but that'd mean someone will have to read about 30 pages in word. and i feel sorry for that person already.
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warning : cemetery mention , church mention , death related stuff
i have to go to the church and the cemetery. and here i am writing barbie. writing her does ease the mind. this time of the year is a mess lmao. i will bother u some more later, after i come back.
🙶 this is wrong, 🙷 for once in her life, barbie was sentient & aware of what was happening, despite not being capable of wording it out. head falls into a tilt, the picture perfect smile upon her lips starting to dissipate into nothingness. 🙶 like, one moment i was at this party and now i ended up in … 🙷 a pause, ceruleans examining the surroundings. it was so so strange, as if she hopped into another universe altogether. 🙶 here. 🙷 she mused, arms now crossed against her chest. 🙶 whaaat is happening? 🙷
for the potential new friends that don't know me nor how i write , you can also find me over on @woednesdayaddams & @muzelor ! i'm currently having brainrot for this barbie but i'm also over there ! and with this , you can see my writing style and everything .
❛ here, let me give you a hand. ❜
🙶 this thing’s broken beyond repair. 🙷 shoulders rise and fall, she wasn’t talking about the device in her hands. this barbie didn’t have any expectations and somehow still winded up disappointed. the path for fame seemingly built with sea sand – and she’s wearing high heels. slowly & steadily falling down, not grounding into reality but deep inside her own fears and terrors. 🙶 oh. oh! you meant this. 🙷 a bright smile flashed his way, automatic & industrialized. slender digits click on all buttons once more, hoping for the best, but to no avail. 🙶 i stand by what i said. i think i just bought a defective one. 🙷 a stupid walkman was slid towards him, whether eddie fixed it or not, it didn’t matter.