It is literally impossible to be a woman. You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don’t think you’re good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we’re always doing it wrong.
You have to be thin, but not too thin. And you can never say you want to be thin. You have to say you want to be healthy, but also you have to be thin. You have to have money, but you can’t ask for money because that’s crass. You have to be a boss, but you can’t be mean. You have to lead, but you can’t squash other people’s ideas. You’re supposed to love being a mother, but don’t talk about your kids all the damn time. You have to be a career woman, but also always be looking out for other people. You have to answer for men’s bad behavior, which is insane, but if you point that out, you’re accused of complaining. You’re supposed to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women because you’re supposed to be a part of the sisterhood. But always stand out and always be grateful. But never forget that the system is rigged. So find a way to acknowledge that but also always be grateful. You have to never get old, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never fall down, never fail, never show fear, never get out of line. It’s too hard! It’s too contradictory and nobody gives you a medal or says thank you! And it turns out in fact that not only are you doing everything wrong, but also everything is your fault.
I’m just so tired of watching myself and every single other woman tie herself into knots so that people will like us. And if all of that is also true for a doll just representing women, then I don’t even know
-Gloria’s monologue from the Barbie movie
i feel like everyone's really glossing over the fact that allan canonically killed someone. there is a doll IN CANON with a kill count. i love him
the fact that a bunch of Allan’s escaped Barbieland and became hit boyband group NSYNC is actually so insane and probably the best thing I have ever heard
everyone's talking about the America Ferrera monologue and yes it was cool and all (she ate that delivery and she deserves her flowers!) but really the most powerful part of the film is the Ruth x Barbie scene in the final act with that Billie Eilish song in the background. THAT was what moved me. and my friends. and the sweet old lady behind me who was watching with her husband (overheard her say it was the first time in 3 years they went to the cinema!). and the mom of two boys and one girl beside us who kept apologizing to me because one of her sons almost blinded me with his phone's flashlight just before the movie started. and the full row of high school girls below us who were trying so hard to hide their sniffling from each other.
it was just after the last part of the credits rolled in that I realized how meta that experience was. watching an entire sequence that celebrates the joys of girlhood and womanhood along with this intergenerational group of women, mostly strangers to me but to whom I shared an unspoken bond with just because we're all the same gender trying not to lose who we are, discovering all the various things we're made for, and rejoicing in all the unique sorrows and triumphs of being a woman in a world that makes it difficult for us to just...BE.
I didn't think I came out of the theatre with an abrupt raging desire to crush the patriarchy asap, nor did it suddenly embolden me with radical ideas of feminism. but I could feel all of those women who watched it with me walk out of there with a certain power, one that the film reminded us we've always had. to simply...exist. unapologetically. as we are. without the need for permission from anyone but ourselves.
barbie was a really interesting experience to watch this movie as a nonbinary person who is perceived as a woman and esp who has intervenerational trauma passed from mother to daughter pm for as long as we have history of
Fictional Weapon War Round 1
The Punisher (Trigun) vs Orb (Pondering My Orb meme)
Mod comments:
Can the Trigun fans overcome the power of memes?
Fictional Weapon War Round 1
Kurapika's chains (Hunter x Hunter) vs Kenji Kon's butter knife (Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous)
Mod comments:
I am so sorry for this matchup
Fictional Weapon War Round 1
Riptide (Percy Jackson) vs Rapunzel's frying pan (Tangled
Fictional Weapon War Round 1
Sailor Moon's tiara (Sailor Moon) vs Batarangs (Batman)
Mod comments:
Petition for Sailor Moon and Batman to swap weapons for one day. They both chuck them at opponents. It wouldn't be too different.
Fictional Weapon War Round 1
Bit Stave (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury) vs Oathkeeper (Kingdom Hearts)
Fictional Weapon War Round 1
Kingdom Key (Kingdom Hearts) vs Ghirahim (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
Mod comment:
I think that's the right sword that Ghirahim becomes. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Fictional Weapon War Round 1
Oblivion (Kingdom Hearts) vs Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle)
