I grew up loving Barbie, and my daughter did as well. Playing with Barbie DID NOT determine her future - she is now 30, has a PhD in microbiology, and I just bought her Scientist Barber to put in her lab at the University of California. A doll is just a doll and how you parent your children has to have more influence on their life choices than a doll!!!

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9 ай бұрын

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Don't harass Barbie, let her be pretty in pink...If you want intelligent stuff then buy a book. Don't expect from a fashion doll to be compatible with everything that exists. She is a fashion doll and we love her for that.

@RMFeminine4TheWin

9 ай бұрын

*as a girl...i NEVER equated Barbie's figure to an✌🏼ACTUAL WOMAN✌🏼. it was her own 'doll' shape.* 🤷🏽

@mattbonanza9032

9 ай бұрын

@@RMFeminine4TheWin Totally agree with you. It's like saying children having teddy bears makes them want to be a bear like creature and live in a cave etc. They can play they are, evolving their imagination and chasing away boredom, which is what toys are made for. I still don't understand why Barbie is so demonised after all these years. Maybe because she is a feminine object. I never seen a similar attack on any masculine toy. I would love to know how much critical content was made about Barbie and how much, for example, of a toy plastic gun...

@HereIAm247

9 ай бұрын

@@mattbonanza9032 Great point, actually. There have been a bit of fuss around the GI Joe's, but nothing that escalated to the extend that the barbie criticism is.

@darrenoconnell9716

9 ай бұрын

I'm a fashion doll AND an attorney

@abbeyBominable123

9 ай бұрын

The best thing about Barbie is that she is BOTH. It's important for women to be allowed being anything and still look as feminine as possible. Her brand is "Barbie Can Be Anything I Want to Be" for many, many years

Please don't tell Barbie to age gracefully. No one would ever tell G.I. Joe that.

@Crissy_tina

9 ай бұрын

Then there’s the Expendables movie. 😆 I need a Wierd Barbie movie. She had so much character in playtime… never hidden but part of play time. 💕

@evan8463

8 ай бұрын

I think the point of that line was that there are no older age barbies and there could/should be. It's also a nod to the way Barbie is a product of her time and what was "progressive" back then is considered anti-feminist now, so Barbie should change as the times change

@Adv18

5 ай бұрын

@@evan8463 actually there are older Barbies, specifically the grandma barbie from the happy family line.

@okpeace4687

2 ай бұрын

She makes some people happy that's all that's all that matters she's a toy a doll

It is a doll - people need to relax. As a child, I loved Barbie, and had several dolls. What she represented to me was a toy that I could play dress up with, style how I wanted to, and invent fun backstories. I think I mostly used the dress up aspect as a child. Never once did it occur to me that I was supposed to look like a carbon copy of Barbie to be beautiful or worthy. Not once. She is a canvas to play with - not a beauty handbook.

@CpdukesinPE

9 ай бұрын

Of course, that’s not what the movie professes. The movie, while pretending irony, asks us to take its ideas seriously. If we do then it is exactly

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@janeenharrison1953

9 ай бұрын

Agreed! It never occured to me to reference my Barbie doll as my beauty standard. And I played Barbie for hours and hours on end. I was in control, that was enough for me.

@angelawerner9551

9 ай бұрын

Same here...for the most part, but since I was neglected as a child, Barbies did become my idols for a while...and I do think it affected my subconscious unfortunately which then affected my obsession w/ my looks... so I think it's just different for everyone and as they said there is research that shows. My thing is - be a good parent, be involved in your kids lives and ask them questions, affirm their worth constantly & teach them moral values & then you can see Barbie for what she is.

@marniekilbourne608

8 ай бұрын

Exactly!

I've had Barbies my whole life and I never thought I should look like her. It was never detrimental to my self image because I new she was a plastic doll. Those stupid teen magazines were 100 times worse for me Edit: and btw, I am a Black girl from Latin America, and I never thought I should be white, blonde or skinny as Barbie, to me she was just a "friend"

@Spacecadetst

9 ай бұрын

Same if anything it was a creative outlet for me to play, cut and change her hair color and clothes and more

@Mari3l

9 ай бұрын

EXACTLY!!!!!!

@Spacecadetst

9 ай бұрын

@@Mari3l it made me want to become a hairdresser & esthetician actually it was a great positive outlet for me

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9 ай бұрын

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A doll is not meant to copy the real world .A doll is fantasy .

@rcartecorpus

9 ай бұрын

Yes i think the same ...Barbie is a doll not a real girl is for the childrens ...why this movie is not do for the childrens is stupid 😢

@loonycushion

9 ай бұрын

The real world is also fantasy. Welcome to the matrix.

@MariAna-hl3zd

9 ай бұрын

I'm a black woman and never in my life ever wanted to look like Barbie, or become Barbie, I find this comments of being role models really odd.

@Echo.2.1

9 ай бұрын

I think the movie is supposed the reference the fact that Barbie isn’t just a doll, she could be something more, she’s an icon and the fact that the movie isn’t just made for kids and for adults is kind of a good thing since some adults grew up with Barbie, meaning that they could relish their childhood, Barbie isn’t just for kids, she originally wasn’t made just for kids either, but that’s what makes her iconic, she can be for adults and children, she can inspire adults and children, so she isn’t just a doll, she is more than that, someone people can relate to, hence why this movie was about Barbie becoming more real, so that way people could relate more to her, along with her body standards, when she’s more human she won’t have to worry about it, she was based on a real person so body proportions shouldn’t have to matter, and she can have more of a human aesthetic instead just always being seen as plastic, she’s not just plastic, and she’s not always human, and she’s not this perfect girl that can do no wrong as seen in the movie, shes not just this perfect girl with the most perfect body, it’s her being human that made her standards more relatable, she is not just about Barbie, it’s showing that girls AND boys can be this human instead of seen as fashion models and their body standards, she is relatable to not only kids nowadays but also adults, She is Barbie

@williamkinkade2538

9 ай бұрын

What about Ken

I've never understood anti-Barbieites. Kids don't look at Barbie thinking, "I must look like that". She's a doll! No, we made our Barbies do whatever we wanted them to do. Through them I could pretend to be an adult with fancy/crazy clothes, doing whatever job I sounded cool. My Barbies were teachers & scientists, (and this was in the 70s before there were the 'career' dolls) but they were often just 'bosses' because I was a kid who didn't know what actually happened at grownup work, but I made Barbie be in charge of it. One thing is for sure, Barbie let me know that there was more to life than being a mom. There were careers! Adventures! Fun! Once I had Barbie, I had zero interest in baby dolls. Baby dolls define a child's role in play- they are mommy (or daddy, I suppose). With Barbie, a child can be anything.

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9 ай бұрын

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Barbie tells a little girl that she “can be anything” without acknowledging that a person has to *work to achieve* anything. It would be wonderful if Mattel could establish school presentations, training programs, and scholarship funds that would enable girls to take actual steps toward achieving the dreams that the dolls represent. Surely, the company has the means to do that, and doing so would demonstrate that Mattel is not just paying lip service to women’s empowerment for the sake of boosting sales.

@flyingfish7787

9 ай бұрын

Ken got rejected by high end jobs in the real world because he didn't get the licenses. Dang you, PATRIARCHY.😂

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@wybourne

9 ай бұрын

Barbara, you’re some kinda special. Like truly.

@JoseMartinez-df2db

9 ай бұрын

THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥

@susanaduarteraposo

9 ай бұрын

We are talking about a DOLL. A D O L L !!! The Barbie Doll is great and really took us out of the annoying task to just play with Baby dolls !!!! Were there at the time people criticising about young girls just playing with babies????? Oh my God!!!! What message did this transmitted FOR CENTURIES to little girls???? That women should be mothers at home cooking for the career husbands and have so many babies as men wished????? Oh, girls might well since kids learn how to do it! Ohhhh…. Where were then all these critics????? None??? Oh my….The Education you are talking about it’s not Mattel task: it’s the government task. Unfortunately, nowadays people just love criticising. What is your idea of a doll for someone to play with then????? So easy to criticise. Come up with an idea then! The greatest idea! Ahahhahah! Ah… and what about the toy cars for boys? Doesn’t this transmit a wrong message to little boys??? That only boys drive the cars? Not good. Ohhh and the proportions of the cars???? Oh my God, the cars couldn’t be built in reality as they are in toys!!!! For God’s Sake people !!!!! I think this stupid generation, which we unfortunately have now, and which always has had everything, are a bunch of lazy idiots, who don’t understand what we did for them in the past!

Everyone forgets that Barbie's tiny waist is so when wearing clothes she looks "normal." Back in the early 1960s waist bands in her clothing were thicker, when wearing them she had more normal shape.

@pedrito6225

9 ай бұрын

Exactly!! Theres a documentary where a Mattel designer talked about it

The Barbie movie was fun and cheeky! The attention to detail was amazing.

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9 ай бұрын

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@raeannaroylance5401

9 ай бұрын

Cheeky! Yes!! That’s the word I was reaching for!!💖

We are giving Barbie too much blame. These are societies issues not just Barbie’s.

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9 ай бұрын

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Seriously, it's a doll. I never thought I had to obtain looks and a body as Barbie, she is a doll!

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9 ай бұрын

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Growing up playing with Barbies, I grew up loving the color pink and becoming an empowered woman.

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9 ай бұрын

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People who are projecting themselves too much at a doll need therapy imo.

@yehmon12

9 ай бұрын

You lack insight. The movie is not about a doll. There is a diabolical message sent to the mind of people that is meant to put people against each other.

@colecolettecole

9 ай бұрын

you sound like a devil @@yehmon12

I also believe that, Barbie is a canvas for a child's projection of her unique circumstances. Barbie was significant in my childhood because I never had one. Coming from an extremely humble immigrant family, to even have a toy was impossible. So, in Canada in the sixties, I decided to save my money, pennies I found, for years to be able to buy a cheap Barbie knock off. By the time I managed that, I was too old to play with dolls but took fabric scraps to sew little outfits. The level of impact was not about body image but to be a little like the dominant society, that I was in. That longing was intense. Inclusion is missed as a legitimate aspect or maybe it is all about inclusion.

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9 ай бұрын

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@colecolettecole

9 ай бұрын

very eye opening perspective for me ~ thanks for sharing ~

Just like people project their own feelings, opinions and judgement on to women in the real world, and tell them what to do, everyone is doing this to a female doll.

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@maybepolly_

8 ай бұрын

aaand there it is. people have said again and again that having a barbie didn't harm their body image, seeing airbrushed celebrities and hearing people say those like them looked too fat was far more harmful.

I saw the movie last week and what I loved is there were more MEN in the theater than women. I live in the most conservative county in my state so this made me happy! I never was a Barbie girl, give me horses any day but since this movie came out I have been reading up. I have since bought the GRANDMA Barbie, who knew ( I am 62) and a couple Black curvy Barbies along with a few outfits that are handmade for them that are funky and more my attitude. I would like to see more representation of older women, larger women. And articulation...where has that gone? Will I get more? Most likely not but it is a fun phase for now.

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9 ай бұрын

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It’s interesting the amount of expectations we put onto this “girl’s toy” when so many “boy’s toys” are not policed in the same ways. Also, so many of the problems with Barbie listed in this video are not unique to Barbie/Mattel in any way; just a symptom of consumerism, capitalism, etc. on a larger scale. I’d be interested to hear what solutions the Barbie haters have to bring to the table.

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9 ай бұрын

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My grandmother was dying of colon cancer and my mom laid out some toys and a superstar Barbie was there. I was too young to comprehend the chaos of adulthood I was in dreamland with Linda as Wonder Woman and big Star Wars dolls plus Barbie and a cool dream house, I was easy going while adults were living in hell Barbie was escaping reality a child with fantasy of a lil girl blonde who a sick grandmother named her cricket not even her mother knew of that nickname. When Margot held Ruth’s hands in the film wanting to be real. Foggy hidden memory I thought I lost came real. I love Barbie don’t hate Barbie is a love of innocence and childhood.

How could Ken ever outshine Barbie when men's clothes are so boring.

@ekozoidmajiker6186

9 ай бұрын

how about letting Ken dressed sharper a la Hugo Boss/Armani style?

@funkadalixx2136

13 күн бұрын

Exactly. Ken will never reach barbie level because or else he'll be called woke and shoving some agenda on kids if he starts dressing more fun

My friend in kindergarten taught me English with Barbies when I immigrated to New Zealand. Barbie is an amazing tool for children to learn communication through play.

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9 ай бұрын

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I've learned that, no matter how hard you try to please people, there will be people that you can't please.

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9 ай бұрын

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@colecolettecole

9 ай бұрын

why would you ever try so hard tp please people ? just curious ~

I think it's all up to the adults we are surrounded by if we get our insecurities in a DOLL. My mom never told me anything negative about playing barbie so I never saw her as like "I will be super thin and caucasian like her!" No! I have my own insecurities because I see what's beautiful in others not because a doll told me to. We have our own way of determining beauty! For me I grew up just fine. I played with barbie because it's fun and I can be so imaginative with every play. I just appreciate her dress and how she looks but I never thought of it that I should be like barbie cause I know she's just a toy, she's just an image. She's not real therefore why would I have to compare myself to her? When I was a child I don't like if I get an asian barbie cause I know barbie as barbie! Blonde and caucasian. That's who she is and I don't have to change that just so it appeals to me or so she would look like me. I like her the way she is created. Now that I'm older I do appreciate asian barbies cause it's cute and fun but growing up? I played with caucasian barbies and I never had some unrealistic insecurities. Sometimes it's really up to the parents to educate their kids.

I find it interesting the narrator of this critical video inadvertently called Barbie’s body “perfect”. It shows how deeply ingrained the message is.

@DWHistoryandCulture

9 ай бұрын

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I loved Barbie as a little girl! Playing with her and creating a world for her helped cope with some hard times in my childhood. And I still have a sense of wonder and playfulness that I cherish as part of my personality and thank my playtime with Barbie for that.

These types of arguments drive me up the wall. I was never skinny or pretty or blonde, still I had 15 barbies and never ever felt bad about myself. Because my mother taught me HOW to play with them. To create stories, tidy the house,take her motorcycling etc, she was a doll to play with. Performing body that you can do anything with...YES. thats is what dolls are for. An intligent parent is capable of teaching thier children the difference.

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9 ай бұрын

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Its pretty clear, people who hate this movie are outing themselves as woman haters.

I hoped that the Barbie movie would come out in 2024 not 2023 in honor of the 65th anniversary of the creation of the original Barbie doll.

This video is crazy. Thank you, Barbie, for 35 years of happiness. For letting my imagination run wild and lighting up my mind with beauty.

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9 ай бұрын

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*what about 'Dream Wedding Barbie & Ken' and 'Happy Family Barbie & Ken'???* 🤵🏼‍♂👰🏼‍♀

@lidiacazam

9 ай бұрын

(The married couple in the Happy Family line were Midge and Alan, not Barbie and Ken)

@oc2538

9 ай бұрын

​@@lidiacazamThen why did I buy Bride Barbie and Groom Ken?

@lidiacazam

9 ай бұрын

@@oc2538 no, those sets do exist. I was just pointing out the Happy Family couple was Midge and Alan, not Barbie and Ken.

I'm a big Barbie fan and my big ambitions in life started because of Barbie. Seeing her in so many different and interesting careers makes me wanna be like that, too.

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9 ай бұрын

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I enjoyed the movie as entertainment…and escape from everyday life. I loved Barbie as a child. Different people will see different things. Everyone can project their own feelings onto the message as they see fit. Live and let live…lighten up and enjoy all the pink and cleverness!

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9 ай бұрын

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Barbie is an upgrade to humanity and know this because at the movie theatre all the ladies were looking fabulous and smelling great despite their different body types but all these ladies looked and felt marvelous😘💋💁‍♀🌼🌸🍃

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9 ай бұрын

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Ok, for the girls destroying their barbies...why? Barbie is a doll and doll figures represent human figures so what happened to them that they would want to destroy their barbies?

I had Barbies as a kid, and I still have a few Barbies on display in my room. I never felt like I had to make myself look like her or be thin like her because I knew it was a doll and a toy to be played with I used to use her to pretend to be older to have my own life and be independent, I don’t understand why girls think they have to look like Barbie why can’t they understand it’s a doll a toy made of plastic that she is not real.

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9 ай бұрын

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This video was so interesting. Really enjoyed it.

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Well done, thank you 👍

It is not just a doll, it is a childhood, it is an experience/nostalgia.

The whole girls in my family & including all female cousins in my family (both mom side & dad side) had never have any barbies during their childhood as their toys, how they turn out nowadays? they turn out to be good ladies & girls. Even though there`s slight disadvantage in each one of them but need to remember nobody is perfect! The main point that i try to say is that it`s not about the toys. It`s about how the parents teach their children, how the girls been educated to be a fine/good woman, how the boys been educated to be a good gentlemen! last but not least, how us bring our self to become a better person!!

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9 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your opinion. While toys certainly do not determine whether you succeed in life or become a good person, toys like Barbie enable children to exercise their imagination and envision possibilities for their future.

Maybe I was a weird kid, but I never expected my toys to look like me or any realistic human. My toys were animals, mermaids, etc. so I never really saw Barbie as a regular person.

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7 ай бұрын

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Honestly all the talk about the objectification and insisting about the physical appearance is getting old. I played with Barbie, still have them and my daughter plays with mine. I've never met anyone whom had body issues and can be traced to Barbie. There's one of the ladies that say that women her age don't give Barbie to their daughters and that is a falacie, otherwise who is buying all those dolls. I'm also big in to restoring second hand dolls and giving them a new life. It's a toy, it's a way to let your imagination go wild, me and my friends made clothes for them, created houses and so many things. The doll is not the problem, society that transfers symbolism to the doll the issue. It's amazing that there are different dolls for different body types and ethnicities. Obviously we should keep challenging the companies to go further and create creative dolls and new ideas for the future.

I love Barbie she has been a part of my childhood since I was a little girl & I love her very much & she brings me nostalgia 💕

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I disagree that Ken and the other male dolls were boring accessories! I never treated them that way. Also, they were MANY versions of Barbie as a bride and Ken as a groom. I owned a Happy Family set that included Barbie, Ken and two toddlers. Sometimes I played with them as a family and sometimes Barbie and Ken were just dating. Sometimes it was just girls activities with no boyfriends. It was whatever I was feeling like I wanted the story to be that day. I certainly NEVER thought I was supposed to look like any of my Barbie dolls. They were plastic fashion dolls!! It's ludacris! I never thought anything negative about my dolls and they did not affect my self image because they were just toys. I would have no problem at all with my daughter playing with Barbies.

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8 ай бұрын

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I've played with Barbie dolls my whole childhood. I loved them. I always saw them as a projection of my unlimited imaginations and dreams that I could have them enact. I never once took notice of her figure, proportions that i had to have when i grew up. I think i can say from all the comments here and as someone who's been a child that children don't care for superficial things like that because of their innocence. Its the society we live in that started projecting theur unrealistic body standards and stereotypical feminity onto Barbie and the girls who played with them that proved detrimental to all kids out there. Barbie started out with good intentions and hurts me to see this was corrupted by our own society as time progressed

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Clever piece. What is undeniable is that the Barbie movie has set off a discursive firestorm on the politics of gender constructs, posing the interesting question of how a movie about a 60 year old plastic doll became more politically controversial than Oppenheimer, a movie about the origins of the atomic bomb. (And yes, you must see them both! Each is very smart in its own way) ) Frankly, I think a woke Barbie is the perfect push back to the gender/race/sexuality censorship idiocy going on in Florida, which is becoming a genuine Orwellian state. Just imagine if they tried the cultural prank of swapping voice boxes on Barbie and GI Joe dolls today - DeSantis would probably decry it as a "gender crime." How's that for Orwellian?

I agree with the Gloria Steinman quote about Barbs

@emmariley6444

9 ай бұрын

I love Gloria but I feel like she missed the mark on Barbie. She never grew up with Barbie, or played with her. Barbie was unmarried, childless, & a career woman. That’s exactly what Gloria was preaching about in the 60s.

Reading the comments- glad to see I'm not the only one who remembers that Barbie is a DOLL not a HUMAN. Barbie does not need to fit some criteria in order to make your kid feel better about themselves. Barbie is a form of entertainment. If your kid is feeling insecure from a doll, you should consider if your child has some deeper issues than just hating a doll because she doesn't look like one.

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that woman Elisabeth needs to live her life and try to be more optimistic, as a researcher myself by profession I know research work can really take a lot of your time , but I think she needs a good pedicure/manicure and a good spa and a self care day. Its just a toy lady, and if woman want to dress up and look pretty doesn't make them less intelligent. I am in technology industry , but I love dressing up and look pretty and never miss my spa/pedicures and nobody called me less intelligent or anything , I work in a majority male profession but never was judged for dressing up, in fact I was called creative for putting effort in dressing up. So I don't understand why so much hate for the concept of dressing up like a doll. ????????

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There needs to be an Elizabeth Bathory barbie with the tagline "girls can do it too!" Just kidding 🤣

Any woman who looks closest to Barbies phenotype ( skinny, blonde hair, blue eyes & big boobs) they are the standard of beauty here in the United States....That is what I understood growing up ......

I dont understand why they reduce everything She's done to what her body looks like, that girl saying She's not an example of feminism doesnt know what She's saying fr, barbie has over 200 careers in wich many were completly male dominated, her world is Litterally the opposite, she IS the main character, the president and She's everywhere, she doesnt even need Ken for that matter, She's a beautiful independent woman who just loves to be femenine and to let know all those karens from the 90s femininity does not mean less intelligent or a Bimbo or dumb, wich is the message the media that ironically judged Barbie for has been spreading since the 90s, maybe even earlier, im sick of people not adknowledging her actual message "you can be anything" and only talking about her body as if that's the only subject that matters

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8 ай бұрын

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Barbie matters always because she empowers, she inspires, and she reminds us that women can be and do anything! Include breaking box office records! 💖💝💖💝 Best Movie EVER!!! Barbie is an Icon 💝💖💝💖

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Ok well I think it’s kind of ridiculous to make all these different kinds of Barbie’s like doctor Barbie’s and stuff because the whole point of the toy is image based.. it’s about beauty and fashion… little kids who have interest in science or medicine wouldn’t be interested in Barbie’s anyways they would want to play with science kits, magnets, and doctors kits… playing with dolls requires acting out more social scenes and stuff… when I was a little girl and given a Barbie I just ended up drawing on it, cutting all its hair off and then taking it apart to see how it worked lol… I probably should have been given a different toy since that’s not what it was Intended for… Barbie’s are for a specific type of person and a lot of children don’t have any interest in them.

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@basskitten808.

8 ай бұрын

Well, I've always been interested in science, now also into medicine and I loved Barbie as well. Played in the mud, Nerf guns, explored nature, always chose museums and planetariums as my preferred activities during family outings and simultaneously had all pink everything, obsessed with fashion and anything sparkly. It's not that black & white to be into Barbie. You can be into a myriad of things even as a child. Liking one thing doesn't always negate the other.

Black Barbie was ‘introduced’ in 1968 but not on the shelves until 1980? What happened in between? 12 years a prototype?

@lidiacazam

9 ай бұрын

Those are two different dolls: the one from the 60s was released as Francie, the one from the 80s was released as Barbie (as in “a Barbie”, not a different character).

@os.diletantes

9 ай бұрын

@@lidiacazam Ah, I got it now, thank you!

@yurigansmith

9 ай бұрын

12 years a shelve.

@pedrito6225

9 ай бұрын

@@lidiacazamI’m assuming the grandmother of the girl that did the black barbie documentary worked on black francie (or was it Christie?). They said she convinced Ruth Handler, but by the 1980s Ruth Handler was long gone of Mattel

@lidiacazam

9 ай бұрын

@@pedrito6225 From what I’m reading, without having seen the documentary yet, it’s a bit confusing. The director’s aunt, Beulah Mae Mitchell, worked for Mattel for 45 years, so maybe she asked Ruth Handler that famous question during the years both of them were in Mattel? However, you’re right, the documentary is in fact about the first Black Barbie released much later in the 80s: “Often when other dolls are made in the Barbie line, they don’t get to take the name of Barbie - they become the sidekick, like sister Skipper and Stacy or best friend Midge, a supporting role in Barbie’s universe. But in 1980, based on Beulah’s inquiry, a Black Barbie was launched. Designed by a Black woman, Kitty Black Perkins, who was inspired by the likes of Diana Ross, Black Barbie was a stunning doll, donning a fitted, sparkly red dress and natural short hair.”

It's a plastic toy. Not sure why people personify it so much! It endlessly confuses me like since childhood

@dhshsvsingd3374

9 ай бұрын

I feel the same. It’s never been that serious. As a child, I never compared my body to a literal toy

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9 ай бұрын

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@powmod

9 ай бұрын

I guess you never played with Legos.

@MariAna-hl3zd

9 ай бұрын

​@@dhshsvsingd3374hi, same here, I totally reject this argument, I never experienced this

I've always wanted Barbie and Ken to get married. As a child, they are always married when I play. And I have baby dolls that are smaller that Barbie as their kids.

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9 ай бұрын

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Being 90's Kids Myself , Of Course I Can't avoid Barbie magnetic spell When i was a kid , After hectic Ballet class , i always visiting toy shop to seeing Barbie

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9 ай бұрын

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This was really interesting, thank you!

In two thousand and four, Barbie broke up with Ken to go with Cali girl line Barbie doll line Cali girl The line was about teen dramas in california as well as the fashion from california's two thousand And it was about celebrities break ups

@DWHistoryandCulture

7 ай бұрын

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Barbie is a doll and will always be a doll so it's irrelevant to want and expect her to be human. Society needs to stop expecting fantasy to be realistic, that is why it is called fantasy, to be an escape from reality. If realism is what you're after then maybe dolls aren't for you.

Love Barbie and this was such interesting history! Anyone who complains about Barbie that’s their own insecurity! I always wanted the blonde Barbie not the brunette and I am a brunette, I loved her with Ken and adored and still adore my current Barbies.

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9 ай бұрын

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Gloria Steinem was completely wrong about Barbie

My Favorite Was Camping Kelly 🏕 I've Been Camping on The Pow~Wow Trail for 15yrs. 🧡🇨🇦🧡

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9 ай бұрын

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My daughters and now granddaughters enjoy playing with Barbie… when playing I’m sure they don’t have psychological thoughts when playing! It’s about the outfits and imaginary stories that they make up! It’s no big deal… the girls that mistreat “doll” has something to do with the child not a doll! Go easy on the psychobabble!

Why blame a doll? Society shows us what's valuable. We react accordingly.

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7 ай бұрын

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If it’s so important to them why don’t they just create their own type of “barbies” that suit their preferences. I saw barbie as a fantasy aswell like watching a cartoon or movie. So go make your own if you think it’s so important. Then if it is, it will be successful too right? Edit: this was about the feminists. The man that created dolls after his daughter asked what colour she was is a legend. And that’s how you do it

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9 ай бұрын

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Maybe that problem isn’t Barbie a doll, it’s the real world issues and you can’t blame a doll for all that the patriarchy has done. Even a doll as long as it’s a beautiful female stereotype, aggravates the ppl who don’t want to fix real problems just keep playing games, barbie isn’t the problem never was it’s PEOPLE & their OWN IDEAS

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9 ай бұрын

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[Hard to tell; better here than IRL?] I'm male; Barbie pains my heart. Age 6-ish I played Barbies with a neighbour. She became my first true love age c.13; later she was horridly murdered.

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9 ай бұрын

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I couldn't afford it as a child, still don't want a doll even though i can buy iy now

@miriamcollinge9162

9 ай бұрын

Me to, barbie envie of the girl next door so to speak who could

As a young boy, Barbie, Ken and G.I. Joe were nothing to me. As it turned out, I grew up to realize that I had always been a gay boy who grew up to be a gay man. Dolls never did it for me since I preferred to play in the mud and then ride my bicycle. However, I will say that I do want to see the Barbie movie. I can't explain it, but it just appeals to me, but so does Ken these days. 😀

I always wanted one but never had one

I loved Barbie but it's a doll. It's a phase you grow out of when confronted with the complexities and realities of life as a human being. Her threat to feminism or impact on women's roles is pretty obsolete. Even in a digital format is my guess. I can't even tell you what kids want nowadays.

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9 ай бұрын

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whats wrong with appearances? theres no shame in taking beauty in yourself and aknowdgling the beauty in others. people who feel that others shouldent care about appearnces are usally people who arnt secure with themselfs. theres nithing wrong with like girly pretty things or even not liking them. barbie isnt the one that shames apperances but adults are. its my edcuated guess but the reason why girls destroyed there barbies is probbly due to the fact that adults make it weird to like and to continue to like such girly things

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9 ай бұрын

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She matters as much as the Transformers. Nothing more, just really really good marketing in order to make a lot of money.

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8 ай бұрын

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can hardly wait for halloween this year ken hardly wait for halloween this year

i loooove Barbie. Period.😍🥰🤩

Original track is very tacky!

Barbie ROCKS!!!!💖💕

Barbie! 🎉🎉🎉

It hurts so much listening that the Barbies are no longer glamorous or about pool parties but about stupid reality based feminists! I was so happy about my glamorous Barbies that I still today take care of them… a doll should be about fantasy, beauty, and be dreamy not the problems of the world!! Nobody cares if Batman’s toy has six pack and is jacked like a bodybuilder (which is wayy more unrealistic than Barbie) you all are too focused to ripp Barbie apart:(

@DWHistoryandCulture

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your opinion! While the Barbie franchise might have changed over time, you are of course still free to project whatever you like onto her. That's the great part about toys! Edit: typo

@amorepsyche808

8 ай бұрын

@@DWHistoryandCulture yes sure! But if u buy a Barbie now, it is very difficult to find one with beautiful hair or party gowns, now is everything more basic..anyway good report!

*uuummm. yeah. we already know that girls can be Astronauts 'cause Astronaut Barbie came out in 1965.* 👩🏼‍🚀🚀🌔

Seems like the feminists only look at Barbie's appearance, and completely ignored the fact that she can be whatever she wants. Isn't that what should inspire the child who played with Barbie?

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9 ай бұрын

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I wanted to watch it because I think it was going to be a cool musical about barbie, but it was just a movie about Ken being manipulated by toxic masculinity ideas. Like seriously?

@phoenix3510

9 ай бұрын

Greta Gerwig was the director what more did you expected, all her movies were about women

@___hannah.

9 ай бұрын

Yes, seriously. And it's great, if you want a cool musical about barbie, watch one of the animations like Barbie: diamond castle

@nu3v331

9 ай бұрын

@@___hannah. I did. Don’t be silly. This movie was a mess, how df a Barbie movie is going to be about patriarchy?

@archanakumaridasgupta5536

9 ай бұрын

It's far from that. Watch it and then decide if suggest.

@narlywaves2371

9 ай бұрын

Yeah it's getting too politicized for me.

*Childfree. Barbie is childfree.

WEEE ARE ALLLLL BARBIE❤️❤️

@MsCchapman

9 ай бұрын

And Ken is KENOUGH 🥳

Ken goes MGTOW 😅

What a terrible documentary! DW I usually admire EVERYTHING you do but this documentary is SO NEGATIVE and so against Barbie and judging from the many comments (I see 100% PRO BARBIE comments) below, your journalist/editor seem to be VERY biased or wanted to create a controversy. Every doll is unique to collectors. And children use some toys to have fun, some toys to educate themselves, and some toys to aspire to. Why must Barbie check all the boxes???? I am shocked how twisted this documentary is. You focused on less than 1% of the general population, mainly the Barbie haters and critical people who don't want to accept the doll as a unique fashion doll. I applaud Mattel for offering inclusion, different role models etc over the years to create added interest but really! A small child I think enjoys Barbie because she is ideal just as the Couture houses dress mannequins and models - those runway shows don't represent reality many a times but suggest an idea, fantasy and a new FASHION concept. Barbie was an idealized doll that had a huge wardrobe of clothing and accessories. I believe that was the allure of this doll. And obviously by the huge sales figures over the years, the population embraced this - not necessarily mothers! But the young children did! They loved to look at a beautiful doll. A doll! Not a human. I was expecting a positive documentary that accurately told the history decade by decade of Barbie's success and appeal for that decade. What I just watched was an extremely WOKE program trying to be critical and endorse those who have no interest in the appreciation of the toy. It's as if you want to destroy the fashion, beauty and luxury industry by bashing Barbie. Barbie is Fashion! If you had done your research you could have added a feature just how many people are dressing up in pink to see the movie to show how much Barbie and fashion go together. I am so annoyed you created a topic that has few supporters judging by the many comments here who disagree with your bias comments on an iconic toy.

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9 ай бұрын

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Why does ken have no gentalia? Uh, because when I was a little girl that slight bulge was enough to freak me out.

There's an underlying nastiness to this movie.

Barbie is just a doll. Girls get them, often strip them, lose the clothes, make sime new clothes and the family pets use them as chew toys. Inspirational, not that much. The mivie might change that. Personally, I was more insoired by real people. Sometimes I was inspired by fictional people trying to achieve inspirational goals. Never was I or anyone I kniw inspired by a dolly.

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9 ай бұрын

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To blame barbie for societies ills is dumb. She's a doll that little girls project on.

Ya know, you can make a Barbie movie, or any movie, driven for a female audience, without putting another gender down.

@gerryburntwood9617

9 ай бұрын

You mean like all the sexist movies where men cut women down?.

@djchuckone1

9 ай бұрын

@@gerryburntwood9617 oh, because there's just so many that "belittle" women, and laugh at their "weakness." (Heavy sarcasm) 🙄

Barbie is meant to be a kid's choice People need to get over it. Let her be pink let her be pretty. Cuz she's all that and she's still you know just to be a career woman.

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9 ай бұрын

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I 💖 Barbie and I don’t care what feminists think.

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9 ай бұрын

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Is it me, or is the current consuming American overly obsessed with gender identity and sexual politics? It's beginning to remind me of Descarte's idea of duality - the idea that the mind and the body are separate entities unrelated to one another. Or in feminist terms, the idea that women and men are separate entities opposing one another, rather than twin sides of the same coin. Now that it has become relatively obvious that the male constituent in society is in both cultural and social decline, what is feminine culture's plan for helping men reclaim a place in this ever-evolving social universe? Or are women simply going to abandon the male gender to obscurity and heightening suicide and violence rates without a care? Just as boys absorbed the GI Joe male identity without any idea of it's long-term expectations and outcomes, girls did precisely the same with Barbie. They are toys. Is there truly a larger significance to their lifetime effect on gender tendencies? Is the feminine going to oppose the masculine simply because of the hard-wiring inherent in and supported by prior male generations? At some point, it will become difficult to avoid making a place at the human table for both sexes. Or can't I say "sexes"? Just curious.

@basskitten808.

8 ай бұрын

Lack of real problems so they made up some, wanting to feel "a part of something" to ascribe some sort of purpose. Just first world things.

I say let girls and boys play with Barbie’s and action figures.

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9 ай бұрын

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9:15 Barbie Liberation Organization 😉😄 9:35 Igor Vamos

Understand this doc, however, your information on barbie’s body is completely inaccurate . Anyone can see this and some women currently implant breasts that are half the size of their entire torso. I’m not so sure I appreciate the journalism and excessive over exaggeration to achieve a message. Seems extremely misleading to think Barbie would have to crawl on her hands and knees if her breasts were that big in real life scenarios.

Well gosh, what can I say? ... As aliens didn't distract us from Hunter Biden's laptop, I guess they had to pull out the big guns: Barbie ;-)