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the barbie movie
sincerely surprised at how well received this was/still is and genuinely disappointed when I actually watched it. So clearly written for a white audience with little to no concept of intersectionality and a pretty individualistic, college/101 intro-to, perspective of feminism? Heavily reflected in how painfully flat the plot played out tho they did their best to cover that with cloying sets/costumes, claiming its camp when its just a big budget and lacklustre writing. Lot of direct slaps in the face to native viewers and other communities im sure; its a pretty laborious watch otherwise id give a more detailed dive
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@okwetuu_fish
Mar 28, 2025
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@marxinista
the way so many people were talking about it i thought it was like radical and transformative… and it’s actually depressing that a celeb-filled silly comedy interspersed with very basic feminist ideas was received that way. i thought it had some redeemable aspects when i watched it but as i saw read more stuff about it (both positive and negative) have continually realized it is more problematic than not. in part because it has convinced a lot of people (i feel) that that is what feminism is
Mar 28, 2025
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@taterhole
I actually got mad when I watched it lol
Mar 28, 2025
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