#bc if we fail we 'can always settle down'. its always 'time to thibk about marriage. kids'
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"A box that the world will happily put you back in." Because the moment women decide not to be anyone, society will put us back in a box. Mother. Maid. Wife. It is always there, waiting. Barbie is not meant to go back in her box after she's left it.
#ryan gosling said that in an interview. paired woth mattel putting barbie in the box in the movie#its so#it makes me so angry#bc if we fail we 'can always settle down'. its always 'time to thibk about marriage. kids'#if a man fails. hes told to get back to it. he is expected to. encouraged to.#he doesnt have a box to climb back in. bc it was thrown away the moment he says he doesnt want it#our boxes. theyre hoarded. kept pristine. collectors items. sold for thousands.#barbies are meant to be played with. meant to be authors and pilots and chefs. not on a shelf collecting dust#nemos thoughts#barbie
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