#like idk all of a sudden actually i do get nostalgia films maybe im just at that point of young adulthood

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there is something about the way barbie explores the dynamic between women and other women—mothers and daughters, friendships, sisters, whatever—that just made me feel so warm and peaceful and understood after. of course it just gets it so right. it gets so much better the more i think about the movie, but nothing feels better than the bliss of sitting in the theater bathroom stall smiling to myself, feeling like i left the equivalent of a celebratory hug of girlhood.

thinking about that time my therapist suggested i go to a gynecologist after opening up about my pregnancy scares, and how it was advice “coming from another woman.” feeling hesitant but also knowing there was a mutual understanding that i was really maturing, she watched me mature, she saw her experience in my own.

thinking about the time i called my mom and she talked to me for the first time about dating and told me she just wanted to protect myself and i insisted that i could. then i ended up sitting at a table with my roommates and swearing i was imparted with generational knowledge and that my mom really was just like me.

there’s a lot said in the barbie movie and i think there’s just a lot to be understood from it too. its so feminine in its entirety and that’s just my favorite part. it’s hard to really get it all into words and even putting it into words can’t get everything—

there’s so much you just have to feel.