Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie

watching this post barbie is amazing

watching this post barbie is amazing

“To have a doll, was to have a narrative. Otherwise she had no narrative” 

I need a documentary of Greta making the Barbie movie asap

“To have a doll, was to have a narrative. Otherwise she had no narrative” 

I need a documentary of Greta making the Barbie movie asap

How do we solve women's body issues? We would resolve this by creating a toy line meant to reflect the various bodies that women have. We will demonstrate to the public that it's okay to have a different body type than what’s perceived as the norm or beautiful according to a standard that isn't attainable unless you have the time and money to ascertain said body. Barbie will combat the fact that we'd live in a world of airbrushing and optical illusions. Then again, this has always been a problem with women. Still, we tend to ignore that because it's much more convenient to blame other things and realize that society has a long line of demoralizing women. But as long as we can create toys that make people feel better, not to deal with these idle issues, maybe things will be okay.

A movie that is so self-important that if nuance were to appear anywhere near this, it would quickly become a parody of itself. A toy line cannot fix anything, and this becomes a culture war distraction away from actual issues facing women, but hey, as long as we can make capital off of women’s insecurities, why not? A movie like this embitters me against capitalist neo-liberals who think they can save the world by profiteering from people’s anxieties. These staff members remind me of liberal Buzzfeed employees whose most extensive means of attacking patriarchal societal standards is making videos harassing men and women for not complying with their idyllic version of feminism which isn’t feminism.

Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie is a superfluous documentary meant to showcase a new line of toys engineered as a point of progress in women’s self-image. Yet again, it’s a company taking advantage of their need to “get with the times” but trying to make something modern but, in doing so, is incredibly dated by the minute it launches. A movie like this could’ve talked more about how our culture takes advantage of women, how social media distorts self-image, or how beauty standards are so unobtainable; instead, it’s about how Barbie is a macrocosm of all the issues without actually doing or saying anything of substance.

How do we solve women's body issues? We would resolve this by creating a toy line meant to reflect the various bodies that women have. We will demonstrate to the public that it's okay to have a different body type than what’s perceived as the norm or beautiful according to a standard that isn't attainable unless you have the time and money to ascertain said body. Barbie will combat the fact that we'd live in a world of airbrushing and optical illusions. Then again, this has always been a problem with women. Still, we tend to ignore that because it's much more convenient to blame other things and realize that society has a long line of demoralizing women. But as long as we can create toys that make people feel better, not to deal with these idle issues, maybe things will be okay.

A movie that is so self-important that if nuance were to appear anywhere near this, it would quickly become a parody of itself. A toy line cannot fix anything, and this becomes a culture war distraction away from actual issues facing women, but hey, as long as we can make capital off of women’s insecurities, why not? A movie like this embitters me against capitalist neo-liberals who think they can save the world by profiteering from people’s anxieties. These staff members remind me of liberal Buzzfeed employees whose most extensive means of attacking patriarchal societal standards is making videos harassing men and women for not complying with their idyllic version of feminism which isn’t feminism.

Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie is a superfluous documentary meant to showcase a new line of toys engineered as a point of progress in women’s self-image. Yet again, it’s a company taking advantage of their need to “get with the times” but trying to make something modern but, in doing so, is incredibly dated by the minute it launches. A movie like this could’ve talked more about how our culture takes advantage of women, how social media distorts self-image, or how beauty standards are so unobtainable; instead, it’s about how Barbie is a macrocosm of all the issues without actually doing or saying anything of substance.