It’s important to recognise that Barbie (2023) criticises both the patriarchy AND the matriarchy. Yes, the Ken’s are just accessories to the Barbies. Yes, they don’t have any say in the government they live under. That’s the point, you’re supposed to feel awful, you’re supposed to want the Kens to have their own agency, you’re supposed to want equality. The Barbie movie explicitly states that the way Barbie treats Ken is wrong, so much so that once he finds a safe space for his masculinity and individual identity he’s so excited to share it with the other Kens.
But they go overboard and replace a matriarchy with a patriarchy and now the same issue exists but in reverse. That’s the POINT!! THATS THE POINT!!! Barbie is not anti-men it’s pro equality PLEASE understand this
i just love that when barbie is truly observing humanity for the first time, she doesn’t see all these extraordinary ordeals. she’s just sitting on a bench on a random sunny day and she sees children playing and couples fighting and normal people enjoying each other’s company and a sad man having a moment and an old lady waiting for the bus. and it’s all so ordinary. and it’s complicated and sometimes terrible but also bright and beautiful and oh so human. and it’s so worth it. all of it.
i just love that when barbie is truly observing humanity for the first time, she doesn’t see all these extraordinary ordeals. she’s just sitting on a bench on a random sunny day and she sees children playing and couples fighting and normal people enjoying each other’s company and a sad man having a moment and an old lady waiting for the bus. and it’s all so ordinary. and it’s complicated and sometimes terrible but also bright and beautiful and oh so human. and it’s so worth it. all of it.
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