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August 16, 2023
The movie Barbie seems to
largely goes with the
anti-sex version of feminism.
Barbie transported to The Real World gets
ogled a lot, and complains about it There's no actual
making her feel self-conscious. She also physical attacks on
immediately senses "an undercurrent of display in the movie.
violence" to this. Barbie just knows.
Take a moment to try
BARBIE-ISM to rephrase this as
instructions to the
young on how they're
supposed to behave.
There's a woman
who's literally
In this area-- as in many others-- dolled up skating
the rules for allowed behavior are down Venice beach.
a mess of conflicting
poorly-defined principles. You're not supposed
to look at her?
This doesn't often bother me much
these days-- I've long since Or, you're supposed to
gotten used to it-- but I remember look in some way that
what it was like to feel tangled doesn't make her feel
up by this. self-conscious?
What does bother me occasionally, No one should ever,
to this day, is the assumption by under any circumstances
people who've internalized "the compliment someone on
rules" that there's no reason any their appearence?
right thinking person would ever
feel confused by them. And if you (Or, you need to have
have any problem with this there's your remarks screened
something severely wrong with you. for cheesy attempts at
double entendre?)
A closeted rapist and
defender of the patriarchy.
Just for funsies, try
sketching out a few role
play situations and consider
who-is-allowed-to-say-what.
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