The Deepest Deep Dive Into Barbie 

I know I’m a tad late to the Barbie convo…but this video really is a labor of love that couldn’t be rushed and undoubtedly the most heart and thought I’ve put into making a video 💕 7 different costume changes, 11 parts, and countless hours of research. I filmed and edited every second this video entirely by myself and I really hope you all love it as much as I enjoyed creating it for you!

As someone with a natural double D cup, it pisses me off when people say her boobs were unrealistic or made her look inappropriate. Hey, we exist! And we are not a sex object, or attempting to seduce anyone just because it's hard to find bras that fit us

I still don't get the people who think they need to shield children from "mature" topics like puberty or pregnancy. Especially the latter. Plenty of kids see their mothers be pregnant with their siblings, and the existance of older siblings proves that it is possible to explain pregnancy to children without explaining sex. When my mom was pregnant with my sister when I was three, all I knew was that there was a baby in her stomach, no one told me how it got there or anything, and I never cared. Also plenty of children see their older siblings grow up and go through puberty. They see their older sisters grow curves, and it's just normal, why do people treat it as something improper that must be hidden from children? There is nothing inherently mature about it.

I wish mattel could have kept Barbie pink and glam while also making her more inclusive. There's nothing wrong with being hyper feminine, that shouldn't take away from the fact Barbie was always meant to be a role model. She had over 200 different professions and all people could focus on was her appearance. Barbie just doesn't feel like barbie anymore.

i've seen the barbie movie three times and to me, it's not really about Feminism... it's about humanity and what it means to be human. barbie & ken go through the same character arcs in different ways-- they're both learning who they are beyond what the world has decided they are and, as is normal, they're reacting in vastly different directions. it's ultimately about the human experience, not feminism.

I’ll never get over how I didn’t get the pregnant midge doll as a kid, I wanted her so bad.. Also it’s so annoying how conservatives claimed she was a single mom and how that was such an awful thing, but also like midge got married to Allan forever ago and if they did any amount of research they would know that ugh

As a Barbie collector since 1966 you did a great Job on your video!

All my body image issues came from society, not Barbie. Clean eating culture, patriarchy, workout culture, super models, etc. Barbies end up reflecting society back at us and instead of critiquing society, people critique Barbie. I think the movie tried to put in a lot of social commentary and touch on different issues with Barbie and being female, but there was so much crammed in, I can understand why people got confused. There's just too much about being human and society to put in any one single movie. The reason I stopped buying Barbies was that they didn't have good clothes anymore. What's the point of a fashion doll who has no fashion??? And so many of the playline dolls that have actual clothing items have the most random mismatched clothes. Barbie Fashionistas? That sack is a dress? I love the diversity, but the dolls are so cheaply made, they're not even worth spending money on. Barbie Extra? Fashion is definitely not her passion. :/ Thank god for the Barbie movie dolls. They have actual fashions! Hopefully Mattel learns the right lessons from this. But I doubt it. A most of the Barbie collabs are just basic pink colored things with the Barbie logo slapped on. No design or thought went into 80% of these products.

39:06 I will never quite understand this. I always grew up saying that I wanted “to grow up LOOKING like a Stepford housewife, but not BEING a Stepford housewife.” No one should be shamed for being or not being feminine. I can enjoy archery and makeup-we all can-because neither are in opposition of each other and neither are exclusive to a single gender. Be like Barbie by being who *you* want to be. A doll cannot tell you who or what to be; you tell the doll who and what it is. Children understand this. The adults who are projecting their insecurities onto the dolls are the ones who seem to forget this simple fact.

This might genuinely be my all-time favorite video that you've ever produced! The research, the perspectives, the nuances, the history, the jokes!! The looks! Spectacular!

1:03:05 growing up I never even dared to ask for a Barbie. I bought the Doll+Popcorn bundle at AMC and it filled me with so much joy! I then hunted down the Ken doll to match. I’m a 23 year old man who finally bought their first Barbie 😭. Growing up gay is hard lol.

This is an extremely well researched, well organized, and well presented video! This is your first video I've seen and I immediately subscribed; you kept me engaged for the entire hour and a half and your commentary is on point. WONDERFUL content. I've watched a ton of Barbie content lately and this had a lot of fresh material and didn't feel redundant to what I've already watched. Go off!!

The fact bratz and Barbie and monster high never gave me body issues, I gained body issues from the people in my life. All those dolls helped me love myself.

Fun fact: the voice actor for Barbie in Barbie: Life In The Dreamhouse also voiced Frankie Stein from Monster High

“Every girl wants to be Barbie, and every gay wants to be Raquel!” 😂😂😂😂 FACTSSS

i'm glad my parents didn't fall for the tree change, or the anti feminism thing trying to change barbie's signature looks. I got to grow up with barbies before the change and stuck with those, I turned out fine with the hyper-feminism barbies. barbie's dream-house web series was amazing and my parents even loved it too, my dad would always laugh when walking past when i used to watch it. Even when i had barbies I would still be obsessed with franchises like fnaf! it doesn't affect other hobbies or things i like. the barbie blogs were pretty nice though, even if I didn't personally watch them, it was nice to hear positive things from it. Though I do think everyone missed her multi jobs, and feminism.

Congrats on 1 million!!❤❤

Barbie gets blame when shes a barometer of what mainstream media think is worth selling. Shes a contemporary doll who mirrors our current world. The expecting barbie to solve the world's problems would be like expecting hot wheels to solve climate change

Also I like that the Ryan Ken doll doesn't look like Ryan. I think the Ken doll is hella adorable and he looks how I imagine Ken to look. Super shiny energy and bright eyes. He looks like he's starting his first day at the Krusty Krab and just just soooooo excited

This video was everything . the outfit changes , the structure , the references , the education and entertaining . all on point

This video had me hooked I didn’t even realize how long it was until I was an hour in

Aside from the amazing video essay and kept my earbuds glued to my ears throughout a whole hour of constant work... I HAD to comment about your fits, girl. They go so unnecessarily hard and I'm all for it.

It’s actually very hypocrite from Mattel since they’re overworking chinese women and barely paying them.💀

My only frustration with the new movie dolls is how much they are up charging the collector dolls overseas. All of them are $100 Australian so it’s difficult to justify the money. The play line ones such as the perfect day dress retails at $55 Australian

"Doll collectors were largely seen as strange and disturbed adults who need to grow up" Growing older is mandatory, growing UP is always optional. No point in being grown-up if you can be childish sometimes!

The personality, the attitude, the comedy, the cold hard facts?! This video is dope!!

I’ve been holding off on watching this video and I just wanna thank you for putting all the research in your video(s) because it shows me how much you show interest and love towards the doll community

Thank you, Thank you and Thank you for not just this video but for every video you make. I loved seeing all the dolls i use to have as well as seeing how Barbie went through it throughout the years. My daughters have been watching you for so very long. As i sat there and watched you talk about your love for dolls and also your walk through life. You became part of our family without even knowing it. What you bring to the table is more then reviews and info but a heart full of realness. All 4 of my daughters have collected dolls just like me. Although my collection got lost in a move and the rest in a fire. I was so greatful when my daughters found the same love in dolls and collecting. Now we all collect together and i love that i get to do something like my dad did with me. Although i collected not just dolls but comics and Starwars as well. I thank all that to my amazing dad. He taught me that dolls are just dolls to some people and to others so much more. Although he passed away when he was 55. I tried to raise my kids the same way. Its ok to love who you are and express yourself because not everyone is meant to fit in the same mold. Growing up there werent alot of dolls with different ethnicities. My dad would go out his way to go to different stores and small shops and even fleemarkets to find me dolls that were different and unique. Although i ended up liking Barbies i always wished there were dolls with different ethnicities. Being multiracial there wasnt anything that represented others or me. Yet today there is representation everywhere. Although my dad was still alive to see the Bratz come to life and loved buying my daughter's them. I wish he was still alive to see how much more there is now. He would of loved it, especially Monster High. I just want to say thank you for including everyone and for your beautiful outlook on dolls and the in's and out of the doll world and community. I think my dad would of loved your RU-vid channel. I also think your dad is watching over you and is so proud of you. Keep being exactly who you are both inside and out...Keep being you 😊

This was so well put together! I love how u said that Barbie doesn't need to cover every topic and explain everything because that's what I was feeling seeing most of the criticism on the movie. I loved the historical deep dive and how the brand shaped itself and I'm excited to see where it goes from here! You ate this

All the effort and skill you put into this video is INCREDIBLE - ilysm and appreciate everything you dooo

My mom asked to go to the doll section of walmart with me for the first time ever the other day to look for the "weird barbie" doll and I almost started fucking crying. The barbie movie may have absolutely destroyed me as a nonbinary person but it's 100% worth it if my mom will willingly go to the doll section with me without brutally destroying my character for the next two weeks.

seeing the bratz dolls repainted to look like that genuinely pains me

I Agree that the Barbie Movie doesn't need to address all of the Feminism problems in just one film, as a Barbie fan as long as I can remember Barbie doesn't say how strong she is but she shows it on her actions and still all feminine not that I didn't like the speech about that in the movie but I hope they present it in a not too much self aware lens (more subtle not in your face) . and I hope on the upcoming Barbie films it's more about the fun and magical story just like what she used to do on the animations. Live Action of Princess and the Pauper or Island Princess would be fantastic! ✨

Do you think after the success of the Barbie movie Barbies going to get her quality back? I’m really not big into the low quality Barbies. I also really miss the fantasy based Barbies like mermaids, and princesses and fairies and stuff. I really hope they bring those back too. I am more of a fantasy and sci-fi girl then an average highschooler doll type girl myself.

I have no problem with the $50 price although it's over my personal allowed budget for a single doll. I just would like to see more "playline" Barbie Movie dolls that I can buy.

I always saw my dolls as the toys that they were. I never once thought I should or would ever look like my Barbie dolls. I had Barbie dolls of all races. I liked that the clothes were interchangeable between all my Barbies. I imagine so did my parents' wallet. Dressing them up was really the best part. I also had Cabbage Patch Dolls and many types of dolls and other toys such as action figures which were more typical for boys. They were just fun toys nothing deeper. I was playing with them. I also played a number of games in the actual outdoors as a kid in the 80's and 90's.

Super awesome. Fun to watch, well researched, a colorful showy documentary. Great job!

I love this video so so much! You can clearly see the effort you put in making it, the research, the editing, and oh the costumes! I hope that even if it’s a long video thousands of people will appreciate it from the very start to the beginning! 💗💗💗

Love this!!! You gave such a deep and analytical overview of Barbie’s story. And the fact that you brought such great humor to it too! You’re really good at what you do and I hope you know that! 💕

I still don't know how I feel about the movie and I don't know how I feel about Barbie anymore. I used to defend her in literally everything but I realized that yes Mattel does make very stupid decisions with her (and sometimes with Ken too) and she's become a very cheap product. I think that Barbie is so messed up now I don't know how to explain it. I grew up with the 2010s ones but my favorite time for Barbie is 1959 until 2006 (excluding the “break up”)

The amount of work that went into this video is just astonishing, perfection

so she never said "math is hard"??? now who's gonna be my fav barbie? i liked the idea that even barbie struggled with math, oh well

This was genuinely so freaking good, you should be proud and I’m glad it took this long for you to make it! Good job Clawdeena. Ps this comes from a massive Barbie fan, wearing Barbiecore but having a huge collection of Ken dolls! He’s baaaaaaack

I absolutely loved this video. You did such an amazing job breaking everything down. Also, EVERY outfit you wore was an absolute slay.

Ok, but is anyone gonna talk about how Clawdeena slays this ENTIRE vid?

I loved this video. As a lifelong barbie fan, I adore the barbie movie, it’s the perfect balance of sending serious messages and having fun. Just like barbie is and just like life should be, the perfect balance ❤ thank you for sharing your thoughts in this fabulous video and you look so good barbie babe ❤🥰😘

too underrated! I love how much passion you have for the topcis you discuss and document. youre so gorgeous too :')

This is the best video about the whole barbie convo I've seen so far. You did a great job clawdeena!!! I think Barbie and the the movie about her can be seen and interpreted in in so many ways and it's always interesting to hear other peoples takes on that.❤❤❤❤

thank you for bringing up tree change dolls, they’re so fkin hideous & it makes my blood boil that so many people think they’re somehow better than real fashion dolls?

Gurl! The outfit changes, the psychology and in general this whole video just blew my mind! It's a piece of art! So far my favorite video on RU-vid! Even tho I just found your channel already in love with you 🩷

It was such a good video that i didnt realize it over an hour long til you mentioned it in the video lol. You honestly killed it!

Thank you ! The Barbie movie made me feel reconnected to my younger self and so I m now I have started collectingI m loving all the videos about Barbie’s history and about collecting.

Did we always play that Barbie was perfect? Probably not, playing is therapeutic, there's conflict, sadness, drama, problem-solving, and the list goes on. Basically, you will re-enact real life with your toys as a way to better deal with or process the world around you, so that movie Barbie didn't want to go back to always having the perfect day makes total sense, for me at least. I don't think it will mean that Barbie won't be glamorous any more, 'cause we all want and need those moments in our lives as well.

I love everything about this video! I have loved Barbie for over 1/2 a century! I love your hair and makeup...Love your outfit...LOVE your research!!! I am so impressed with you and this video! I mean it when I say Thank You so much Clawdeena! Lovely just lovely!!!

I Love this, will you make more videos like this? I am willing to wait for them, for how ever long they take.

I've been following you since I was a little girl and I can't believe how you've blossomed like a butterfly does 🦋

Barbie: Lammily....She's a cute girl. You know, cute next to gorgeous, gorgeous is gonna you know..... devour cute.😂

19:28 The way I SCREAMED at this look!! The effort and care you put into this video is so apparent ❤

That was soooo excellent! Thank you, what a production. You did an amazing job, pro!💗

Great doc Clawdeen really intelligent and thought provoking. Thanks

I have to say you did a wonderful job on this video! The history of the doll was so informative and, in some instances, made me laugh out loud. I did not see the Barbie movie, but I did see previews. The trailer I saw was with Barbie stepping out of heels for the first time and being told she could actually put her feet flat to the floor. I saw it as a comedy and would have enjoyed seeing it as a comedy. Through your video I saw where some may have taken offence to the dolls at this point or that point in time. I say it's a doll that changes with the times.

Can we talk how about the delivery on how you gave this videos is top tier

Loving the Lore and Your Lewk! Too fun! You really do such a great job 🙌 Will have to watch the rest later. Mwah

Wow Clawdeena you must have done so much work to put this together for us! This was really interesting thanks clawdeena 💖

This analysis is so good, I've watched it twice! 💖 P.s. The historical and continued surveillance of women, and what they wear is terrifying.

The Chanels in FX's Scream queens (2015-17) house had a very barbie glam aesthetic. And with Emma Robert's character was very Barbie in appearance and embodied 2010s mean girl shallow and superficiality to a scary level.

Baby you DID THIS VIDEO! Being a RU-vidr is an ART, and you have sure MASTERED it!

The makeup and fashion, the editing, the jokes and sassy presentation, the research-- Clawdeena you just keep getting better and better with every video. This was so entertaining to watch! ❤ As you said, mother is mothering.

touch of magic I loved Rocki the antagonist with pig tails is one of my favorites her Raquelle would be friends I think anyways

What a fabulous essay! Thank you so much for creating it. LOVED every minute of it ☺️💗!

Dude, this video is so beyond epic! Totally worth the wait 😘

Barbie is such an icon!

I have to say, I didn't know how long the video was going to be when I sat down to watch it, but soon it became clear that that didn't matter because you were actually very insightful and the video is riveting... I couldn't even make myself pulls it so I can go pee lol. I sent a link to a friend about 15 minutes into watching it so he was right behind me saying "oh my God this is awesome" . Thank you, this is a great video

i genuinely cannot wait more for this video!

Clawdeena, i've been watching your videos for a while and I have to say we can truly see the efforts you put into those videos! A 1h30 long video ??? Is today my birthday? This video is so well made and it's obvious there was a LOT of efforts and time that went into this!!! I will never get tired of your content! You're doing amazing!!

I just wanted to say that your hair, makeup and outfits are INSANE in this video! You look so good

I just saw the movie last night so this was perfect timing! I thought of you while watching it, I know little to nothing about dolls and love your content! Also adore your outfits and makeup+hair through this 😍🙏🏽💖 killed it

I'd buy this video on DVD to watch on the old Barbie small TV. Needless to say, I throughly enjiyed this video imensly! Thank you so much for making this!

Exceptional information, and your makeup is spectacular!!!

I want to point out that the Millie face sculpt was created in 2013 but it was only released in 2015 😅 there are a few other years that might be wrong too but you did a good job, I think your videos are always entertaining

This video was amazing! At the level of contrapoints! Congratulations on all of the work you've done, I hope It pays off!

Barbie has such a special place in my heart. ❤ Maybe its because of childhood, maybe it's becuase we share the same brithday, maybe it's because shes just Barbie lol Great vid! Loved every second of it! 😊❤️

I hold the old Barbie movies, Barbie Life In The Dreamhouse, and the Barbie vlogs fondly in my heart. Also that less old Barbie movie where Barbie got transported into a video game. It was fun.

the Tree Change section LOL i legit didnt realise how Lamily legit made Barbie rebrand to what she is now "i AM physicist; Barbera Millicent Oppenheimer " Can you pleeease do a video where you just find angry doll comments and read them out in funny voices- amazing i was amazed by how many Barbie Movie brand collabs there were- considering how locked up and exclusive Mattel like to be brands not affiliated just started making things pink, used Barbie font and rode the wave it would be so interesting to see where Barbie resides 100 years from now, unfortunately none of us will get to see This was such a good video- thankyou for giving info and being funny as fuck i love your long form content- its always a treat when you show up

so glad the algorithm got it right this time. great video :D but also im definitely subscribing because im obsessed with your voice and how you use it!

Omg pink box “day to night” barbie is still my fav childhood toy 😅

A++ production value, research, presentation and outfits! The amount of effort you've put into your work is appreciated, I'm subscribing and can't wait to go back and watch your other videos 😊💜

YOU are the Moment! xoxo

Wow this is an impresibly beautiful, well researched, amazingly well written, and organized video. Thank you for such an incredible work

I love the pregnant Midge doll. It’s such a cute concept!

Omg those Angel Kent dolls! ESP the bride one… STUNNING, i wanttttt. Those aren’t for sale right?

Great work! Thoroughly enjoyed the deep dive. 💖

babes you ate this one up

this video was everything I needed and more. thanks queen clawdeena

I love that movie 🍿 baby 💞🩷💗🙏🏽😻

Tree Change Dolls are part of my worst nightmares and I didn't appreciate the reminder 😭 nice looks tho boo

Girl i love you so muchhh! your outfits are always such a SLAY. 💌

53:23 Kelly Mantle!!!! 😂

I will have a meeting with my thesis supervisor later this month, hopefully they'll let me write my thesis on barbie marketing over the years

I absolutely loved this video. You did such a great job : )