Barbie gay

Let's face it: "Barbie" was going to be homosexual. Maybe not gay enough, according to some gays. Maybe too gay, according to anti-gays.

The fact is, this is a production about Barbie, and wherever Barbie goes, some innate queerness will go, too. As a kid, I remember wanting to be Barbie's best gay companion - I imagined we'd have some pretty entertainment sleepovers in her Dreamhouse. I also imagined some pretty fun sleepovers with Ken.

So now that "Barbie" is a splashy, pink-soaked blockbuster, director Greta Gerwig serves up a feminist fantasia in which a diverse group of Barbies, including several played by LGBTQ+ actors, reclaim their world from their Ken-ruling counterparts. As a male lover boy led into same-sex attracted adulthood by strong women, I am on board with all that miss power in Gerwig's "Barbie."

I also appreciate that the film, starring Margot Robbie as the leading Barbie and Ryan Gosling as the leading Ken, is full of queer subtext that has sent right-wingers into a anti-queer meltdown because, god forbid, dolls should be for everyone. Fox News reported that a Christian news site "warns" that the fil

Author's Personal Journey in Collecting

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In the earth of collecting, passions often run thick and defy conventional expectations. That’s a good thing, or else I don’t think I’d hold a job as a geek therapist and toy analyst. On the other hand, I also wouldn’t have establish a wonderful society of toy collectors worldwide. One such fascination that has intrigued clinicians, theorists, marketing departments, and collectors alike is the affinity that some gay men have for Barbie dolls. It might seem unconventional or even paradoxical, but a closer and more affirming examination reveals a complex interplay of personal identity, intersectionality, diversity, cultural influence, and psychological factors.

Nostalgia, Culture, and Representation

Let's be clear: No theory can speak for a whole population of people. Yet, after 6 years of research, podcast interviews, and consulting for toy companies and innovation departments, one thing is clear: Barbie is for everyone. For many gay men I’ve interviewed or supported in therapy, collecting Barbi

Barbie is Queerer Than You Think

Barbie is an American fantasy-comedy motion picture, directed and co-written by Greta Gerwig, that debuted in theatres in July Given the linear take of the Barbie show, which features multiple LGBTQ+ actors and trans actress Hari Nef (as Doctor Barbie), keen viewers might observe LGBTQ+ and gender nonconforming themes relevant to the latest world.

The film follows the story of Barbie, who after malfunctioning in Barbieland embarks on a journey to the real nature in the hopes of becoming a normal Barbie again.

Spoiler Alert: This article will discuss the plot of Barbie ().

Womanhood and Exploring Gender Identity in Barbie

The feminist message of female empowerment accompanies Margot Robbie’s &#;stereotypical&#; Barbie throughout the entire film. However, Barbie opens up a wider discussion on womanhood and manhood. An array of diverse actresses, including trans actress Hari Nef, play Barbie doll characters. While the movie does not dive into transgender identity, Barbie still manages to touch upon LGBTQ+ issues without naming them as s

A doll! A doll! William wants a doll! Don’t be a sissy said his best friend Ed.

Those lines are from the song “William’s Doll,” based on the Charlotte Zolotow and William Pène du Bois book and sung by Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas on the “Free To Be You and Me” album.

Of all the songs from this groundbreaking record helping children better understand gender, race and other issues from what we today phone a “woke perspective,” it is the only one whose lyrics I recall by heart.

There’s a reason: Like William, I was a boy who played with dolls.

“Barbie,” the brand-new movie on the ― at times ― controversial doll has reminded me that I was a gay Barbie Boy in a heteronormative world, something I did not yet know, even if through my fascination with dolls, others did. Cue outdated psychological nonsense if you want, but at abode, I lived in a largely female environment, with three sisters and an older brother with autism spectrum disorder. My father was distant, and appreciate many fathers at the time, not often place. Together with my mother and aunt, my nearby role models were female, th