The main feminist criticism of the movie is that it showed a conflict between a matriarchal hierarchical society in Barbie land and a patriarchal society in the real world. It never even attempted to broach the possibility of a non hierarchal egalitarian society.
That being said it created an interesting contrast and explored some harmful aspects of the patriarchy and hierarchal thinking in an entertaining way.
The silliness of the sexism in Barbie land did point more aware viewers towards the direction that a matriarchy doesn’t fix the problems inherent in hierarchical systems of dominance.
That was the annoying thing about the movie to me. They had a chance to show off a truly egalitarian society, where everyone really worked together. Instead, it kinda ended the barbieland scenes on a sour note, taking a shot at men. Which I get, but I don’t think that zero sum thinking should be the ending note of the film (excluding the comedy bits at the end of course).
I wanted the director to show off where our society should go, the same way that Bluey can serve as a good cultural reference point for healthy relationships and families.
The main feminist criticism of the movie is that it showed a conflict between a matriarchal hierarchical society in Barbie land and a patriarchal society in the real world. It never even attempted to broach the possibility of a non hierarchal egalitarian society.
That being said it created an interesting contrast and explored some harmful aspects of the patriarchy and hierarchal thinking in an entertaining way.
The silliness of the sexism in Barbie land did point more aware viewers towards the direction that a matriarchy doesn’t fix the problems inherent in hierarchical systems of dominance.
That was the annoying thing about the movie to me. They had a chance to show off a truly egalitarian society, where everyone really worked together. Instead, it kinda ended the barbieland scenes on a sour note, taking a shot at men. Which I get, but I don’t think that zero sum thinking should be the ending note of the film (excluding the comedy bits at the end of course).
I wanted the director to show off where our society should go, the same way that Bluey can serve as a good cultural reference point for healthy relationships and families.