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America Ferrera and the ‘Barbie’ Monologue We All Talked About (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Blaze@sh.itjust.works to c/moviesandtv@lemm.ee

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[–] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, that's a pretty reductive way of looking at the message.

I'll give you a hint, why do you think it is that Barbie ultimately refused to participate in the hypercommodified world after the status quo has been restored with even slight improvements being made?

[–] SevenOfWine@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago

Why do you think Mattel, a company that's been accused of profiting of child labour and whose dolls have been shown to be damaging to young girls body image, made a Barbie movie?