#barbie thoughts

[izukunii]

ya know, my bias is applecrow but sometimes i remember like WHAT DO YOU MEAN XAVIER HAS SEARCHED EVERY TIMELINE AND FOUND HER IN EVERY UNIVERSE JUST LIKE HE PROMISED. LIGHTSEEKER. KOD. EVEN THE FUCKING SECOND ANNIVERSARY THRONE OF EROS CARD MOTHERFUCKIN EULOGY OF LIGHT HAS HIM TRAVERSING TIME TO FIND HER. AND HE DOES.

it’s just. gah. im Sat™️

[tellyproductions]

thoughts on barbie being a positive movie for men

i think its funny so many right wing men act like barbie is a man hating movie as if the final message to ken wasnt literally “dont put your worth in things you own and how women see you but instead find yourself on your own and know that you are enough without external validation and lean on other men for support” like that is so positive?? it's a very good message for men to receive? do you now want men to find themselves and know their worth lol

[ilaria-jinx]

Let’s talk about the Barbie movie, because I have thoughts.

The movie is about female empowerment in the real world, using Barbie land as a way of demonstrating how messed up the real world is by showing us a world where exclusively women get to be in power. In the real world, Barbie is the definition of female empowerment, because she represents the idea that women can and should be whoever they want. In Barbieland, though, the Barbies are the only focus. There are only women in the government, the women are the only ones with successful jobs, they're the only ones with houses. At the end of the movie, they get back into power and act the exact same way they did at the start. The only difference is that the Kens can "be whoever they want" - and it's a metaphor for reality when the president Barbie says that they can't be Supreme Court justices, in the same way that women were only allowed to occupy very small and stupid positions of "power" when they first started fighting for equality. It's not real equality - it's a way of keeping the Kens from complaining while maintaining the matriarchal system. If the Kens are a metaphor for women, and how they are portrayed in movies and the rights they have in real life, this movie drives the point home that the Barbies haven’t actually had change in Barbieland- just like we haven’t had enough change in the real world. Like the man said in the movie "We're still a patriarchy, we've just gotten much better at being sneaky about it." Barbie land doesn't have equality, and we’re not supposed to think they do. We’re supposed to understand that even people with the best of intentions can’t justify giving voice to only one section of the population, and that the concept of a matriarchy is just as ridiculous as the patriarchy is.

[dat2ndaccount97]

Would it be a hot take to say I like Blaine better as Barbie's Boyfriend than ken?

[delreyblondie]

[criticaloser]

i NEED the ghouls reacting to reader crying during the barbie movie.

like i feel like all the ghoulettes would be crying too ofc, but like the warm and comforting cuddle pile after???

dewdrop being uncomfortable bc why are you crying it’s just a movie, but it morphing into empathy and some awkward cuddles and maybe even apologies of like “i’m sorry your childhood got taken away from you so early”.

mountain 100% sobbing with you and the ghoulettes because it’s not fair? it’s not fair that ken never had to apologize for anything and yet barbie met him with so much empathy and compassion, it’s not fair that afab people are always going to be expected to be therapists and mothers first and foremost, and people second.

aether i feel like just sits in silence for a really long time, not fully understanding how he feels after watching it, but specifically after seeing your reaction to it, he knows it’s not just a movie and he’s feel with so much anger and shame and guilt and doesn’t really understand why.

swiss would immediately swoop you up in a giant bear hug, the kind where he holds your head against his chest and just lets you cry it out and have all your feelings and process everything for as long as you need to.

rain would already like before you even start crying have your head in his lap while he plays with your hair, a super soft blanket draped over you, i feel like he’d be on barbietok and know exactly what to expect and he’d already be comforting you before you even realize you need it.

i have a lot of barbie feelings.

[loneswaggingranger]

[multi-fandom-magic]

Just got back from the movie theater watching the Barbie movie for the second time (mom wanted to see it). And... I didn't realize how deep it actually was until now.