• Neuromancer@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    That’s the toy world Barbie has always lived in. They didn’t make it up for the movie. It’s always been that way.

    Why I laughed when he said, and Ken.

    It’s always been and Ken.

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      2 years ago

      I mean yes, Ken has always been an accessory to Barbie. But failing to understand how this was platformed in the movie as a centrepoint of the feminist critique it makes is just willful stupidity on your or anyone else’s part. It’s a dumbass “the curtains are blue” kind of take intended to terminate all deeper thought that might result in anybody learning anything or demonstrating growth as a person.

      • aaro [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.net
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        Charitably to our new fediverse friends, I’d be willing to believe that it’s not willful, just that liberal ideology makes the characteristics of a product seem more center stage than feminist politics