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Barbie

queer fashion

Style Thief: How to Dress Like Weird Barbie, the Most Lesbian of Barbies

How much pink is too much pink for one outfit, you may ask? Infinity.

Carmen Phillips —

Oct 1, 2023

Barbie

trans men

movie features

After We Watched Barbie

Transitioning to a man in a predominately white world makes me resentful. Genders are floating worlds, and I am doing gender somewhere I do not belong.

Ocean Wei —

Aug 11, 2023

Barbie

non-binary

movie features

In the Symbolic World of the Deeply Gendered Barbieland, Allan Is Nonbinary

Allan’s discomfort creates an identification point for viewers who are also uncomfortable identifying with either the Barbies or the Kens, a third option in an otherwise binary Barbieland.

Olivia Wood —

Aug 9, 2023

Barbie

ken dolls

quizzes

Quiz: Which Ken Are You?

Are you just Ken, or are you perhaps a different Ken, or one of many possible Kens? Are you Kenough? Do you have Kenergy? This is the Ken doll quiz…

Riese —

Aug 6, 2023

Barbie

gender

Can You Feel the Kenergy?

There’s a specific kind of trans masc quality to the way that Ken dresses and takes up space if I’m being honest. That’s the siren call, the Kenergy,

Nico —

Aug 3, 2023

Barbie

Trashology

astrology, tarot & witchcraft

Barbie-ology: Your “Barbie” Character, According to Your Zodiac Sign

You’re pretty and pink, you’re staring into the abyss, you’re cognitive dissonance, you’re Barbie!

Nico —

Aug 1, 2023

Barbie

geekery

Marxist Barbie Discourse and the Weird Wide Web of Queer Video Essays

So what is there to do now that you’ve seen Barbie twice? I will be watching as many long, overly elaborate, documentary-style YouTube video essays about the subject as I…

Lindsay Eanet —

Jul 29, 2023

also.also.also

Barbie

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Barbie’s Soundtrack Is Justice for the Indigo Girls!!!

Also, tales from a 1990s lesbian club promoter, the queer teen feelings boygenius stirs in fans, and more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 25, 2023

Barbie

movie reviews

Barbie Is Right: Heterosexuality Is Goofy

Straightness in Barbieland is cringe.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 22, 2023

Barbie

movie reviews

On Barbie and Greta Gerwig’s Colorful, Complicated Portrait of Humanity

With each passing scene, Barbie reveals its endgame a little more; beneath all the laughs at the expense of men and women is the sad truth that this brand of…

Juan Barquin —

Jul 21, 2023

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Barbie

movie features

A Queer Syllabus for Barbiecore

Overlapping topics we’re going to discuss include the history of glitter, queer meanings of femme and femme theory, Barbie Capitalism, why gays love Magic Earring Ken, pink vs pynk, and…

Carmen Phillips —

Jul 20, 2023

Barbie

the group chat

af+

The Group Chat: How We Played With Barbies

“I was kinda scared of Barbie the way I was scared of all beautiful women…”

The Editors —

Jul 12, 2023