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Is this movie secretly about Gender Abolition?

posted 2 years ago by Razorcandies (100)
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Haven't seen it yet but everything I've read and heard about the plot confirms it.

Barbie lives in a world run by women and the Ken are miserable. When they leave its the opposite. Ken is in a world run by men and Barbie is miserable.

This highlights how ridiculous both sides are. Mgtow neckbeards and screeching feminists. Regardless of who's in charge it's ultimately miserable for the other side and ultimately the same outcome. Meanwhile both the Barbies and Ken are collectively portrayed as stupid caricatures of Masculinity and Feminity. Because there just that. Symbols of that.

The ending from what I know is Barbie and Ken deciding that she shouldn't define herself by her femininity alone and he shouldn't define himself on wanting her. A complete rejection of both Masculinity and Feminity.

Boys will laugh at how ridiculously stupid Ken's idea of Masculinity is (dressing as a cowboy and waltzing into a doctors office) and this will make them question why these roles are defined that way

Girls will see Barbie question the fabric of the pretty pink fantasy they have and come to acknowledge the limits of that fantasy. It could cause a massive shift in how children view gender roles.

I don't speak lightly when I say this could be the most important film for the coming decades.

[–] Hybrid66 (1516) 2 years ago

That's the agenda by extremist feminazis and lesbians hiding behind ''FEMinism''.

Just as paedophilia is the trojan horse inside supposed Alphabet-Rainbow extremists and loonies (and the gay elites running these PsyOps)

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

This film is simply Mattel's attempt to prevent cancel culture from cancelling Barbie dolls. It was a smart move on their part to hire a feminist director and reinvent Barbie as a woke symbol that embraces diversity, trans-inclusive feminism, and radical left internet tropes and memes. They even included a line in the film where someone accuses Barbie of being a "fascist". Genius. In this way, Mattel is no longer threatened by cancel culture because they embraced it and cancelled themselves first. In doing so, they prevented potential damage to Mattel's reputation, and their business can continue to flourish in the future.

[–] Razorcandies (100) 2 years ago

Wow you guys are stupid

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Instead of insulting me, would you bother to explain why you disagree with my comment? Do you think Mattel really cares about feminism and women's rights? I am not a guy, I am not stupid, and I am in favour of feminism. I can name many great films with feminist ideas and messages made by women filmmakers, such as Agnès Varda, Céline Sciamma, Andrea Arnold, Lucrecia Martel, Agnieszka Holland, Claire Denis, Kelly Reichardt and others.

[–] tom8 (3119) 2 years ago

quite the opposite.. any normal thinking parents will not pay good money to have their kids play with toys made by a feminazi and leftist loving company.

Barbie is a relic of the past anyway.

LEGO is a much better toy, both for boys and girls

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

My point is that Mattel are not leftists or feminists, they're a big corporation trying to increase profits from their toy products and expand into the film industry like Disney. The only reason they have embraced feminist criticism of their toy line is to prevent cancel culture from attacking them and damaging their reputation and profits.

Gerwig isn't a feminazi either, she's just an opportunist and a mediocre film director who uses cultural trends and clichés to advance her career.

As for the parents, many of them couldn't care less about all that. They just buy their kids whatever is popular.

Legos and Barbies were both pretty fun toys for a child to play with before the world went bonkers.

[–] tom8 (3119) 2 years ago

how do you really play with barbie and ken, before the stereotypes come shining through.
the stereotypes the feminists hate.

look at the accessories they have.
pink car and house.

mattel tried to avoid cancel culture you say, okay....... but perhaps it worked the other way around.
some parents may have decided not to buy these dolls due to the message of the movie.

no one knows that for sure.

[–] Kowalski (79132) 2 years ago

KEN IS ONE OF THOSE ACCESSORIES.

[–] B1cKsurN (17837) 2 years ago

Soooo get woke, go broke? Usually a bad move, but let's see how it plays out!