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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I the only one here who thinks people on this thread have gotten weirdly tribal about Barbie? There's a major mass-marketing push for this film, yes... but if it fails to inspire us to embrace Barbie, we're out of the circle of trust?

One of the few things I worry about more than unrealistic body standards for women is groupthink. I really hate groupthink. Why do so many of you NEED us to change our minds about Barbie. Because the movie and its marketing tell us we should?[/quote]

Liberal women have revolted against Barbie and pink and gendered toys for decades. Isn’t that group think?

Buying your kid a Barbie or Disney princess toy has been taboo for many, many years.

Isn’t that groupthink?

The left admittedly succeeded in blacklisting such toys. And it’s all based on weird talking points. There are legit reasons why Barbie made a positive impact and for whatever reason nobody seems open to it. [/quote]

Oookay. Way to prove my point about weird tribalism. [/quote]

You seemingly were only focused on one side so I raised the counter.

FTR: I think it’s just baffling for anyone to assign so much power and negativity to a toy. Or everything princess.

No toy prompts body image issues. Other factors do, but the toy for whatever reason gets all the blame.

Playing princess or wearing pink doesn’t make you weak or stupid.

At least two generations decided that Barbie and princesses were evil. You have luminaries like Gloria Steinem taking aim at them directly. It’s so weird to me because I feel the anger is misplaced.

That doesn’t mean anyone needs to worship or even like Barbie or princesses. Normal people really shouldn’t have strong feelings about toys to begin with.

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