#barbie battle

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Barbie Battle Finale: Annika vs Anneliese

Annika

Anneliese

Voting ended onFeb 22, 2023

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Okay, since villians won the poll for what bracket we do next, before we start voting, I do want to make sure we're all aware and cognizant of the antisemitism that has been present in Barbie movies, particularly in the villians.

Some of it is inherent to the stories being adapted. Given how antisemitic Tchaikovsky was, that was always going to affect Nutcracker and Swan Lake. That said, Mattel and Rainmaker did choose to make Rothbart and Odile like that. And Rapunzel and A Christmas Carol have antisemitic origins as well.

And while I can't find any specific discussions on it by Jewish people, Preminger as a name has Jewish roots, and giving that name to a kidnapping, greedy, thieving villian certainly does play into stereotypes.

Some of this stuff feels pretty inherent to the genre of fairytales, but it's important to think critically about why that is and how the history of antisemitism in fantasy can unintentionally influence us today.

Also, while both the hosts are Goys, I do recommend listening to the podcast Put A Shrimp On It. The podcast intended to review all of the movies, but they only got up to Princess and the Pauper before discontinuing it. They did quite a bit of research on each movie they did review though, and are the reason I even learned about half of these problems in the first place.

As you can probably guess from that anecdote, I am also a Goy. So it's entirely possible that I'm leaving out some important discussions out of ignorance. If I have any Jewish followers who'd like to contribute to the discussion or have links to other discussions, that would be greatly appreciated.

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Barbie Battle Round 2: Elina vs Anneliese

Elina

Anneliese

Voting ended onFeb 19, 2023

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Barbie Battle Round 1: Clara from Nutcracker vs Barbie from Dolphin Magic, the vlogs, Dreamhouse Adventures, Princess Adventure, Lost Birthday, Big City Big Dreams, It Takes Two, and Mermaid Power

Clara

vloggerverse!Barbie

Voting ended onFeb 18, 2023

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Barbie Battle Round 2: Odette vs Life in the Dreamhouse!Barbie vs Fashion Fairytale/Fairy Secret!Barbie

Odette

Life in the Dreamhouse!Barbie

Fashion Fairytale/Fairy Secret!Barbie

Voting ended onFeb 19, 2023

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Barbie Battle Round 2: Blair vs Rapunzel vs Clara

Blair/Sophia

Rapunzel

Clara

Voting ended onFeb 19, 2023

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Barbie Battle Round 4: Anneliese vs Genevieve

Anneliese

Genevieve

Voting ended onFeb 21, 2023

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Whoops. I've been getting hundreds of bot followers on barbie-pride-flags, so I decided to password protect the blog to stop that. But I just noticed I accidentally did it to this one too. It should be fixed now though, sorry about that