Character ask: Barbara ''Barbie'' Millicent Roberts
Favorite thing about them: She's a great outlet for a little girl's imagination. I loved playing with my childhood Barbie dolls! She's appeared in so many different roles and careers, which lets kids use her to explore all those different ways of life. She lets them explore the art of fashion and hair-styling and different visual aesthetics. She can have any personality or any adventures you imagine. She's starred in some excellent direct-to-video animated movies: although I've never watched them myself, I've seen their devoted following. And because she's a grown woman, she lets girls explore all their wildest dreams of adult life – that was why Ruth Handler created her, as an alternative to baby dolls to let girls do more than just play house and pretend to be mommies. There's a lot to love about her.
Least favorite thing about them: I'll admit that she can potentially send negative messages of unrealistic beauty standards, gender conformity, and materialism to girls.
Three things I have in common with them:
*I'm fun-loving.
*I like pretty clothes (and if I had a figure like hers, I'd probably enjoy wearing them much more).
*I love kids and animals.
Three things I don't have in common with them:
*I don't have an hourglass figure.
*I'm not blonde.
*I'm not nearly as fashionable or socially active as she is.
Favorite line: From Toy Story 3:
"Jessie’s right! Authority should derive from the consent of the governed, not from the threat of force."
brOTP: All her various friends and siblings.
OTP: Ken.
nOTP: Any of the villains in her movies (and that includes Lots o' Huggin' Bear in Toy Story 3).
Random headcanon: Despite not "looking it," she's half Jewish. Her father's family originally had the surname "Rosenbaum," but they changed it to "Roberts" to assimilate when they came to America. In the real world, her creator, Ruth Handler, and her namesake, Ruth's daughter Barbara Handler, were both Jewish, and in 2003 the dolls were banned in Saudi Arabia not only for wearing immodest clothes, but for being "Jewish"! Let's embrace her heritage!
Unpopular opinion: I think both the praise and the criticism she gets in pop culture is valid.
Song I associate with them: "Barbie Girl" by Aqua. Even though it mocks her, it's irresistibly catchy.
Favorite picture of them:
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Question
Which characters do you think could have a "Woman 2: Deluxe Edition" gender?
My nominations are Elle Woods, Kuki Sanban/Numbuh 3, and Barbie Millicent Roberts
I see myself that way too but I'm not a character.
Who else could apply?
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Just went and saw Barbie (there are no spoilers in this post!!)
Oh. My. God.
I managed to experience the full range of human emotion in an hour and 54 minutes. I have cried eight times now (four in the theater, four outside).
There were a BUNCH of women wearing pink, everyone was complimenting each other on their outfits. There was one guy dressed and magic earring ken and it made my whole night.
Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie should win award and I'm not fucking around here. They both did incredible performances in such different ways (if you want a spoiler post where I go into detail I can do that) like they both did amazing jobs. The casting was perfect for every single character
I don't care if you don't like Barbie you need to go see that movie right the fuck now
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"ken is straight" "ken is bisexual"
ken's sexuality on its own is a dependent variable and therefore cannot be speculated without considering the independent variable: barbie's gender identity. barbie and ken exist in a way where whatever she does, he is in complete support of. if he is a man and barbie is a woman, he is a heterosexual man. if he is a man and barbie too is a man, he is a gay man. if he is a woman and barbie is a woman, he is a lesbian. if he is a woman and barbie is a man, he is a straight woman. any existence of multisexual identities can also exist within this concept, for ken could be bisexual in any of these scenarios. this does not mean his sexuality is inherently fluid, for it is fixated on barbie. if barbie identifies as something other than male or female, ken's sexuality becomes more vague as to accommodate barbie's specific experiences in relation to gender. we, as a society, are trying to hypothesize the effect while neglecting the cause. do better.
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Hasbro and Mattel are making a deal? Can I get a Barbie Transformer?
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Barbie from the Barbiverse could kill Macbeth. She's a woman (or technically, a doll, which also counts for the gender clause), and she seemed to come down from the sky at the beginning of the Barbie movie, qualifying her for the birth clause.
Yes, Barbara Handler AKA Barbie from the Barbie movie could kill Macbeth!
Being a woman created through little girls' imaginations, Barbie applies for the Gender Clause and the Unconventional Birth Clause! Thank you for your submission!
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