Pop Culture
Stop Calling Barbie “Escapist Fun”
[ad_1] For the most part, Barbie has held fast to its reputation as an old school work of art in the (im)pure studio system…
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Pop Culture
Blow Up the Patriarchy, Or: The Barbenheimer Experience
[ad_1] Perhaps what they don’t warn you about with regard to “the Barbenheimer experience” is just how jarring it actually is. Certainly, that’s the…
Pop Culture
In Barbie, As In Life, Patriarchy Is the Insidious Force Turning Women’s Lives Upside Down
[ad_1] It’s among the few mononyms that invoke an immediate visceral reaction—whether reverent or contemptuous—within people. God. Madonna. Barbie. And, like the aforementioned Italian-American…