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ㅡ Margot Robbie icons

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amy sosa icons

sitcom: superstore

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barbie - random icons

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𝙸. ┄─ Sasha(Ariana Greenblatt) & Glória(America Ferrera) icons﹒🎞️

𝙸𝙸. ┄─ Barbie stuff﹒🎞️

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superstore... is cute

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afro-latino oscar nomineeeee let’s gooooo

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Happy Birthday Barbie (Margot Robbie)!

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Shining Bright: The Most Stunning Jewelry Looks from the 2024 SAG Awards

Shining Bright: The Most Stunning Jewelry Looks from the 2024 SAG Awards

Dive into the glitz and glamour of the 2024 SAG Awards red carpet as we explore the most stunning jewelry moments of the evening! From statement necklaces to vibrant gemstones and bold earrings, this year’s event was a showcase of celebrity style at its finest. Join us as we highlight the standout jewels that stole the spotlight, from classic diamond elegance to eye-catching bursts of color.…

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The Barbie Movie released exactly a year ago today💖💄🎀

July 2023 truly was Barbie's month! We all wore pink, Barbenheimer was a thing, you'd hear "Hi Barbie!" and happily say it back... It was such a fun time🩷 America Ferrera's iconic speech still lives in my head rent-free. I CRIED😭 and laughed, of course. Oh, and remember how the Barbie movie became a relationship litmus test on Tiktok? Ugh and who can forget some butthurt manchildren hating on Barbie😂

Girlhood was truly at peace while we were all hyped for The Barbie Movie! I think now's a perfect time to rewatch it😄

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‧₊˚✩ — clearing the controversy around the barbie movie and the modern expressions of feminism

note. this isn’t blind criticism and neither is it me just gushing about the movie—it’s my take on how & why the barbie movie affected its audiences the way it did + what we need to learn from the movie’s message. a bit long and descriptive though, so read at your own risk!

i watched the barbie movie in the theatres for the first time, and enjoyed it too—in fact, i loved how it handled sensitive topics such as feminism, depicting the cons of patriarchy masterfully. recently, i watched the breakfast mv by dove cameron, and was thinking along the lines of art and the modern expressions of feminism when realized the deeper meanings of the barbie movie, which most of the audience missed in the first glance.. don’t get me wrong, it’s just my opinion about the movie and everyone’s interpretation of art can be different. so, shall we?

first and foremost, barbie focused on themes of feminism and women empowerment, but what it actually depicted on-screen was matriarchy with an element of humor, not feminism.

now, what is matriarchy? in simple words, it’s the exact opposite of a patriarchy. a world where women have all the power instead of the men, and in all aspects—social, political and economic.

what the barbie movie did (initially, at least) was showcase a world where women had all the say, economically, socially and politically—since the barbies held all the positions in the government and had high-paying jobs, while the kens didn’t even own a house! and while barbieland fits the textbook definition of matriarchy, it wasn’t completely a matriarchy in the sense that it still appealed to the female viewers, and didn’t feel wrong at all.

what i mean by that is, that they did not challenge the viewer’s morals and make them really think about why this society wouldn’t be favorable to the men who watched the movie. instead, they focused on making it somewhat of a comedy for women, especially with the scene where all the male employees and the ceo of mattel were chasing barbie and america ferrera (if you know what i’m talking about). and by doing this, the movie again transformed barbie as a beloved character, even if only in the minds of the female viewers.

a good example of matriarchy, would be dove cameron’s breakfast music video, which reverses gender roles perfectly, showing us the cons of any gender being in complete control whilst spreading the message to the male viewers as well. while the main themes of the music video revolve around the roe v. wade overturn back in 2022, it also handles such sensitive topics with care.

back to the movie, while they appealed to the female audience with the humor, the male viewers definitely did not find it funny. hence, it’s obvious that the movie was made keeping female audience in mind, which is somewhat wrong, but the only way they could have catered to all the viewers is by showcasing a pure matriarchy. but doing that would, in a way, villainize barbie and put her across in a negative light. since that does not fit well with the general idea of barbie and her sweet girl next door image, and doesn’t undo the harm that pop culture inflicted on her (by bimbofying her, etc)... i’m guessing they scrapped the idea completely.

anyways, barbie has always been perceived as a popular icon of girlhood and feminity, so i guess it was never meant to be a movie for the guys.

in the movie, when the kendom came into existence, viewers were left frustrated (me included) with the scenario on-screen, what with our beloved character, stereotypical barbie having a mental breakdown when she realises nothing can be done fix the mess, giving up at last.

this scene (and america ferrera’s monologue!) highlighted why patriarchy was harmful to women, and the particular scene where ken said to barbie that they have a boys‘ night, every night, was the scene that made me realise the opening scenario of barbieland wasn’t favoured by men at all.

so i believe what our society needs is balance—where both the genders have equal control, again, in all aspects of life. and that, my friend, is what feminism is all about. it’s not about propagating a culture of man-hating and neither does it promote women to restrict men’s fundamental rights, in any way.

sadly, we haven’t achieved that dream yet, but hey! we’re halfway there already. women do hold important positions in our political systems, and get paid the same salary as men. and in some places, women are afforded the same respect as men too. isn’t that what you call positive change?

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I saw this on Pinterest and despite some of the comments trying to explain it, I decided to give it a shot and explain it too:

Because when we're kids we do not think about it because we haven't been contaminated with those ideas. But you keep an idea going on for a while and that idea starts to transform into this.

That's why "ideas live forever" matters a lot when Ruth says it.

We are constantly fed by magazines, movies and social media about how we're not enough. Then we blame it onto icons (images, dolls, celebrities, people) to make sure our rage has a way out and we can express it because we've been pressurized either by those or even worse, our peers, and the people we love to fit and accept certain roles, and we even have a way to measure happiness.

But then Greta and America come into the picture to make sure your brain turns back to the way you used to be with Barbie Monologue. In a way, it's like, here's hoping you come back to your senses too, like the other Barbies.

Only for society getting pissed off at it after watching the movie. And making it about men. Again. Because "Get back into the box Barbie!" it's a perfect analogy of conformism.

Kind of ironic because I only have to look back at America's Ferrera speech to be once again proved right. Imagine feeling threatened by a plastic doll 💀 and with this my little essay concludes.

Now, better saying that fitting into labels and standards will kill us all lol

Yes, it's true that they help us to realize who we are and what do we want but they also help us to "keep the status" and make sure "others" do not enter into our world. From that moment on, there's and will always be a barrier. A wall. It takes constant work to make sure those walls stay down, making sure people cross without getting worried about these things. Labels are fluid. Do not let them define you.