#UTOPIA THOMAS MORE SCHMOOP FULL#
In the real world, we are at least 132 years away from achieving full gender equality 3. Mattel has brought out "Role Model" dolls, including artist Frida Kahlo, aviator Amelia Earhart, and astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. The other Barbies are lawyers, doctors and diplomats. But fans say she is much more than a fashion icon. In the movie, Barbie lives in her pink Dream House. The White House became a "Pink Palace" and Mamie started a craze for the colour. In 1953, US First Lady Mamie Eisenhower wore a bejewelled pink ball gown. A 1918 magazine recommends "delicate and dainty" blue for girls and a "stronger" pink for boys. Her signature colour was not always considered feminine. Teacher Kristina Murkett says future scientists need a "bug-collecting kit, not a Barbie". But designer Eleanor Smith writes that the doll is still "an insult to feminism" - it will always value external appearance over internal qualities. STEM is a term used to group these academic disciplines. Mattel has responded by releasing Barbies with different body types pursuing STEM Science, technology, engineering and maths. Studies link these dolls with negative body image and eating disorders 2. Research found that a real-life Barbie would be clinically underweight and unable to walk 1. If we live in a man's world, Barbie Land is ruled by women.ĭespite this, critics argue Barbie promotes unrealistic beauty standards and perpetuates gender stereotypes. "Ken was invented after Barbie," says Gerwig in a reversal of the Genesis Origin or beginning. In contrast, Barbie is a blank canvas for a child to explore their dreams.Īs the film's tagline reads: "Barbie is everything and he's just Ken." Barbie's love interest is an afterthought and this story is about her. Or they were the Disney princess, with her fixed story. Before Barbie, dolls were designed for children to play at being mothers. She always has been, argue her most ardent supporters.
#UTOPIA THOMAS MORE SCHMOOP MOVIE#
Now, the latest movie is set to ignite global Barbie mania.īut all this excitement re-opens an old debate: does this doll empower or degrade women? Can Barbie be a feminist? But recently, social media has embraced Barbiecore, the bright pink, ultra-feminine look with a modern twist.
In 2016, sales fell as Barbie struggled to reinvent itself. The toy company Mattel has now sold over one billion worldwide. The first doll was designed by Ruth Handler and named after her daughter Barbara. So much so that the movie has exhausted supplies of florescent pink paint.īarbie's road to Hollywood began in 1959. Gerwig has brought Barbie Land to life in all its garish glory. promises a feminist take on the classic doll, sending Barbie on a journey of self-discovery far from her plastic utopia The word was coined by Thomas More (1478 - 1535) in his 1516 work of that name. The director Greta Gerwig An American director and actor, nominated for Academy Awards. In July, a star-studded film hits our screens, with Margot Robbie in the title role. The world's most popular doll is getting a movie makeover.
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