Maybe for you, but kids can internalize way more than what you think. for example, if you blame yourself for "being bad" for eating a cookie in front of a five year old, or say to the toddler parents that the kid is chubby and should change the kid's diet, the child will normalize that, and understand that you should exercise your body to fit certain body types, instead of exercise to be healthy, or that they should stop eating, even if they are still hungry. On top of all of that, if the only way to make the child "play in a situation where they are a successful adult", is by being a person that has "eurocentric beauty standards", while shaming yourself about not fitting those standards, the child will understand that they are "less" cos they don't look like that, not mentioning other ways, like saying that the doll is very pretty in front of the kid, and at the same time shaming yourself, the kid will interiorice a lot (this said, barbie is a great movie, and this is not directed towards anyone at all, but if anyone is reading this now it may be cos they support the message of the movie, and I think that's great, but if you think that with everything that's going on on the world right now, barbie is the "message that feminism should be talking about now", you have a very wrong view of feminism and only support one specific kind of women)
We are getting so serious nowadays. Barbie was fun because I could invent stories for my brother. Barbie was an explorer , travelled alone or with one of my brother's Action men. Never thought about this BS.
I remember one of my classmates confessing to me that they still play with barbie's at age 14 and i told her that I never got rid of mine so she visited me and we had several hourlong play dates with so many cool plots!
She is crazy for blaming her for everything. Barbie is for kids, you go to school learn, become independent and be aware of your rights and you rationally check the world and make things right. Just an annoying kid she is.
I never felt that I was expected to look like Barbie. It was plastic and I never thought that it was an ideal. Lol being an only kid I used my Barbie collection to attract other kids from the neighborhood to come over to my house to play. Mattel Barbies were not very common in my country when I was a kid so it was a novelty for many. That was one of the main reasons I wanted Barbie dolls.
The world is really breaking............... never in my entire childhood life did I feel bad about myself because of Barbie ( still don't )................. I think today's generation is more focused on finding the bads in everything while ignoring the goods in 'em...............
Only as of like 2019 when the first black barbie came out. Up until 2015 barbie’s were skinny and blonde. Eventually there were ones with brown hair and red hair but still no cultural barbies. And the first disabled barbie came out in 2020 with a wheelchair. The only Asian barbie is a $500 limited edition china festival barbie. And the first “overweight” barbie was in 2018
@@dengir obviously not in my country then I guess. I never grew up with any coloured barbie’s or even barbie’s with different hair they were always skinny white and blonde
@KeiraMarieASMR I had my black barbie at like 7 so 2005 and I'm from Italy, and there have always been brunette barbies, that's strange that there were only blonde in your country do you live in a slavic country?
I remember me and my girls use to play with barbie especially during vacations when we were kids. We also use to include others dolls and had many stories with it. The best thing was i use to have many barbie dolls and plenty of barbie dresses small accessories and shoes were really cute. I have played with them till 7th grade and i use to make sure my barbie doll take a bath on daily basis. Then slowly i giveaway all my toys but still not my barbie and a favorite doll but eventually i gave them to my favorite neighboring baby. These were my golden days whenever i remember them it leaves me with a smile 🥺❤️ and i miss them . I wish i could go back in time 🥺
I played with barbie. Never once I felt insecure about not having a thin body, flawless makeup, etc. I just.. played. I love how pretty her dresses are. I love how pink her lipstick is. I was just a kid. She can be anything, a doctor, lawyer, you name it. Never once I feel bitter playing with barbie. I'm just happy back then 🤔
...and you grew into a confident successful doctor, lawyer, politician or other worthwhile career, who has great sense of self and your power as a woman, right?
Kids who have been isecure because of Barbie might had have a problem. She was just a doll to play with. I habe loved to dress her up to braid her hair to let her dance and so on I've never ever thought that I have to look like her.
No kid was insecure about the fact that Barbie was perfect. Lol. How stupid of this movie. And yeah I personally never owned any Barbie Dolls cuz I loved stuffed toys. Barbie didn't make sense to me unlike my friends who owned so many Barbie dolls.b
Okay when I was a kid, Barbie was my everything. I kept her close to me all the time. And I loved talking to her. In fact I had a whole collection of Barbies and I cherished them. I wasn't introduced to insecurities in my childhood. I was still a worry free kid.
I am 21 and I still sometimes buy barbie to play with my little sister , doesn't make me worthless at all .this is childhood charm, nothing such about it as portrayed in this scene. ❤😊
I was a fat kid, I loved barbie, still do. I never based my self worth and body image on a kids toy. Maybe people should do that instead of blaming a doll for why they are overweight and ugly.
I think everybody got barbie mixed up with the bratz. That is how Barbie and the bratz became mortal enemies in the doll world But ask me I really don't care
I hated this scene so much, barbie made me feel so fkin strong as a child, i didnt even bother about the fact that i looked nothing like her, i felt beautiful regardless.
I am not against Barbie for the reason mentioned here I don't like it as there is no essence to Barbie except for looking pretty.I liked Wonder woman more.She was feminine yet had some essence.I mean Barbie at the end is for little kids.I owned a Barbie only till 8 or 10 then I became obsessed with Mattel cars then superheros.
Infact Barbie initially was not marketed as I can be anything a lawyer doctor senator.It was supposed to be only for looking pretty.Some cases girls do look pretty for attracting men only not to feel confident.Of course majority of women do beautify themselves to feel confident but sometimes women do it to attract men .
I think theres this generation gap between barbie ... like, I loved Barbie and its like she was my best friend, and my mom doesnt like it , and for her is more that stereotypical barbie vision the way that girl said... so hopefully that makes sense to what me and some of yall are saying
Barbie was something i always saw children playing with as a child. I always wanted that, when i turned 5 i saw my parents going toystore to toystore to get one for me....never got one. But that moment still branded in my memory. Everything someone says barbie i remember the love my parents has for me i am 27 can own a Barbie but wont. Thank you Barbie....😊😊😊😊
As a kid I love barbie and still as an adult, it's ok to love or like someone who is different than you, I am brunette feels gorgeous fully secure and confident while adoring barbei
As an non American It's crazy to me a doll could this much harm kids could really think or imagine of being like a doll they can idealize a doll like really haw the hell is this possible regardless you are 3 , 5 or 25 whatever age that's so unimaginable to me I'm making so many people hate me right now but that is so stupid and unimaginable it's unhinged i don't think there are many kids who were this much insecure of a plastic doll loving a doll like your sibling is normal but this is not at all
Omg i absolutely loved Barbie as a child for many years . I had a bunch of Barbie’s and the house with the pink elevator and Barbie convertible etc… those were beautiful childhood memories that I think of fondly . These kids in the movie don’t sound like kids!
If this is about the heat on Barbie I will agree I don't understand why people hate Barbie the toys so much. A toy did not create misogyny, it did not create sexism, it did not make women hate their bodies.
@@jclyntoledo Of course, in fact I would argue that the Barbie doll had so many jobs and so many versions was telling women you can do everything you want
I love Barbie when I was a kid, I don't feel insecure Bout myself when I was younger cause I don't give a damn, just wanna play my barbie and my doll house 😂
Gooood I loved barbie so much! I had lots of different barbies, i gave them different names! I remember I had barbie-artist and i gave her name, and in a few years i’ve met an artist girl with this name! I still think it is fate!
The Little girls were trained to be evil by bullys in society who would Stomp on and kill a bird for fun and not take accountability for it ! Supposedly most grow out of it .
It’s bad that I remember when the first coloured barbie came out. Like it should’ve been out when I was a kid but back then all my barbie’s were skinny white women with blonde hair. My whole childhood I played with white barbies. I never had a coloured barbie because they never existed
Reverse Michael Jackson her. Use nail polish. Finger paint. I made my Barbies amputees. Cancer patients from pulling their hair out. Blind from coloring her eyes black with ink. I didn't wait for diversity I inforced it😁👍
@@antiracistbaby1085I mean skinny is not a good thing.Skinny and being fat both are extreme opposites.Being fit is better.I mean if a fat Barbie was to be introduced you would not be crying against it.
@@antiracistbaby1085I mean she is right.If you would be against fat Barbie because it is not good to be fat.It would be glorifying obesity.You being against it would be on basis of reality.So coloured people exist too so why not have a coloured Barbie.
i never think about ideal body shape when im young and play with Barbie it internet and social media my cousins 7 years old have always told me she don't want to eat food cause she will get fat
I'm so glad I didn't watch this movie. Barbies were to act out stories to me. Never thought I had to look like her. You know what made me insecure about myself as a kid? Reading a story about Britney Murphy's stylist giving her long sleeves to hide her thin arms.
I didn’t play with Barbie as a kid so I didn’t understand the impact that she had on other girls before this movie….i wasn’t really into playing with dolls…I loved assembling puzzles instead.
Why is she so serious about Barbie? I don't understand how Barbie did all this and cause all these things. It's not even alive. Why is human so hurtful to each other to the point even the non-living thing is being blamed now? I always feel bad, even on a non-living thing. I would even feel bad to throw away my stuff. When I was a kid, Barbie is just a doll that accompany me all the time, the doll I can play dress up with. And I love her.
Not saying I agree with her stance completely, but I get some of her points. The problems she's pointing out DO exist and ARE valid concerns. While Barbie (or more broadly, Mattel) is responsible for some of those issues, such as hyper consumerism, I think "fascist" is a bit of a stretch.
As a chubby kid growing up I never compared myself to barbie or even thought that's what women should look like. It's a freaking dull. If you can't help with obsessive behavior for a dull, you're not really smart and that's on you not the poor dull
Barbie is a bit Kidy but it’s not meant to be treated like this. I mean I’m normal with Barbie and if she was real we shouldn’t make her feel like, that.
Barbie never made me feel insecure or worried and never effected my self esteem they overreact and love to make things dramatic, even as 24 years old woman I enjoy Barbie and watch it from time to time
As a former overweight girl I can say that I looooved my barbies❤I never compared myself to them and you know why? Because they're PLASTIC TOYS😂Seriously, is there a person who was intimidated by some piece of plastic? I think those people should seek professional help ASAP:)
Yeah stupid super hero toys I played with as a kid. I thought I could have super strength and speed and have claws coming out of my hands, marvel ruined my life
I'm not over how she like never apologized? Or if she did it was so forgettable. Someone said they liked how realistically annoying teens were in this film, though, so thats fair
Young people blame the whole world for all of their problems 😂 I'm young too I know my generation and this was an annoying but realistic example of gen z
Dude, these girls are so not fun And I would rather be a little more slimmer than being fat and died off by heart failure or artery blockage or high blood pressure or any other disease with being fat Well, they can make a fat BBL barbie with fake tans and blond hair and try to sell it against real barbies we bought as kids
