Tag: Barbie
Blow Up the Patriarchy, Or: The Barbenheimer Experience
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 entire “point” [Read More…]
In Barbie, As In Life, Patriarchy Is the Insidious Force Turning Women’s Lives Upside Down
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 pop star, [Read More…]
Asteroid City: Wes Anderson’s “Sci-Fi” Movie Is About A Collective and Resigned Sense of Doom More Than It Is 50s Americana
A palpable shift has occurred in Wes Anderson’s style and tone since the release of 2021’s The French Dispatch. One doesn’t want to use a [Read More…]
Charli XCX is Becoming More Prolific on the Soundtrack Scene Than LDR, With “Speed Drive” Being Her Latest Song Written For A Movie
For a while there, Lana Del Rey was the undisputed Soundtrack Queen. Whether composing original songs or offering up cover versions, Del Rey’s voice has [Read More…]
Why the Tagline for Barbie Is So Resonant
Of all the things about the latest round of the Barbie marketing blitzkrieg, perhaps the most standout element to the (feminine) masses was the tagline [Read More…]
Barbie Is No Longer Trendsetter So Much As Poseur As She Slips Into Keith Haring Attire
As Barbie has evolved with the times over the years, she’s been put into the harsh perspective of what it once meant to dole out [Read More…]
Barbie to be Re-Made in Diablo Cody’s Image
As we’ve already discussed many times, there’s no one quite as one-dimensional in the personality department as Barbie. But that might all finally change with [Read More…]
“Barbie Girl” As The Ultimate Satire on Women
“Barbie Girl,” ironically loved by women everywhere–even those who were too young to appreciate it in its time–is perhaps one the most satirical pieces of [Read More…]
Life-Size: An Attempt at Cautioning Against Children of the Future
Before Lindsay Lohan became a household name with Mean Girls in 2004, she was still an active Disney shill in movies like The Parent Trap, [Read More…]
Barbie, Bitch.
In 1959, a plastic (in all senses of the word) lady was created who would change both the male and female perception of what it [Read More…]
