'I fear that the moral young women will take away from Barbie is that you can be anything you want to be, but real women do so while dressing up girly to remain beautiful as they run the world,' writes bjrisman
As a sociologist, I will leave the film criticism to cultural theorists and analyze the real-world reaction to the film. I would have never gone to see it but for my friends’ endorsements and the reviews, and, like almost everyone else, I enjoyed it. I went to seewith other sociologists and historians. We began the evening drinking pink cosmos and our hostess provided us with pink visors and boas. I was ready for an enjoyable, ironic evening but laughed and tapped my feet to the music.
As the movie’s opening scene captures, the baby dolls mostly available at the time only allowed girls to imagine they would grow up to be mommies. But Handler wanted her daughter to envision herself doing something beyond feeding babies. Barbie and two women from the “real world” return to Barbieland only to discover that all of the Barbies have been brainwashed into submission in the new “Kendom.” The only thing that breaks the brainwashing spell is the real woman’s feminist analysis of womanhood. The “real woman” tells them to smash the patriarchy — and they do.And yet, there are three lingering concerns that leave me feeling queasy.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Matriarchy Build vs the patriarchy | Real Estate NewsletterMatriarchy Build is an online platform offering consultations with women in the trades that was cofounded by a South Philly woman. And Philly's building inspection system is failing home buyers.
Weiterlesen »
The staple summer shoe that Barbie has got everyone buyingLong live our humble Birks!
Weiterlesen »
Brain Function Can Still Be Affected by COVID Years After Infection, Study FindsLong COVID can live up to its name.
Weiterlesen »
'Hijack' Season 2 With Idris Elba Isn't Off the TableThe real-time thriller was a smash hit for Apple TV+.
Weiterlesen »
Jeff Bezos gets $11B richer after Amazon earnings smash expectationsJeff Bezos is poised to get $11 billion richer after Amazon's earnings smashed expectations
Weiterlesen »