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mdmcduff · 6 months
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mdmcduff · 6 months
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This is the lucky clover cat. reblog this in 30 seconds & he will bring u good luck and fortune.
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mdmcduff · 6 months
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mdmcduff · 8 months
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the thing that gets me about about barbie is that barbie land wasn’t even purposefully a matriarchy, barbie land came about because of the way little girls were playing with their barbies, it wasn’t created by mattel it was created by the people using the toys, so the fact that the barbies ignored the ken’s and had girls night every night wasn’t because they had some bias against him, it was just an accurate depiction of how kids play with barbies. I had some ken dolls as a child and they were essential to the plot in the sense that of course my barbie has a boyfriend because that represented the world i saw around me, but also he didn’t have any purpose in my dream world because i was only interested in what the girls were doing because they represented me and how i wanted to be, I wanted girls night every night I wanted the girls to be president and austronauts and not because of some inherent feminist idea but because I was a girl and I wasn’t thinking about boys, ken was an accessory. this movie wasn’t made to change the world but it showed a different perspective than what we usually see which I thought was fun. Men don’t have to be the centre of all our stories and its not even because we hate them, sometimes we’re just not thinking about them
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mdmcduff · 8 months
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the fact that the first female human experience barbie goes through is being self conscious and experiencing sexual harassment mirrors how growing up as a girl one day you’re okay and the next all of a sudden you feel bad about your appearance and are receiving unwanted advances is something that can be so fucking important to be recognized in film
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mdmcduff · 8 months
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i'm so fascinated by the "just ken." in the context of the tagline (she's everything, he's just ken) it makes it sound like ken is just an accessory to barbie and is nothing without her, but in the actual movie in the speech barbie gives, she turns the phrase on its head. ken isn't an accessory to barbie, he isn't the attention barbie gives him, he's just ken. and that's not even mentioning the "she's everything" part of the tagline and how it goes with gloria's speech of women having to fulfill the impossible task of fitting into every box and juggle conflicting expectations and roles just to be liked by society. the tagline represents opposite ends of a spectrum but by the end of the movie barbie and ken meet in the middle, where they're each allowed to be their own person independent of the expectations and insecurities they've been operating on. this movie, man
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mdmcduff · 8 months
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The Barbie movie isn't about girl power. It's not about how women can do everything they set their mind to. It's about how sometimes women are tired and average and that has to be okay too, because you don't have to do everything to be worth anything. (And that this is also true of men.)
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mdmcduff · 8 months
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Oh? Oh Greta Gerwig? Putting a Barbie using a mobility aid to dance front and centre? Putting her front and centre for a dance sequence and making her the centre of attention? Just like that? To personally make me sob tears of joy? During July?
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mdmcduff · 8 months
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“It’s literally impossible to be a woman.
You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don't think you're good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow, we're always doing it wrong?
You have to be thin, but not too thin, and you can never say you wanna be thin. You have to say you wanna be healthy, but also, you have to BE THIN.
You have to have money, but you can't ask for money because that's crass.
You have to be a boss, but you can't be mean.
You have to lead, but you can't squash other people's ideas.
You're supposed to love being a mother, but don't talk about your kids all the damn time.
You have to be a career woman, but also, always be looking out for other people.
You have to answer for men's bad behavior, which is INSANE, but if you point that out, you're accused of complaining!
You're supposed to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women because you're supposed to be a part of the sisterhood, but ALWAYS STAND OUT and ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL. But never forget that the system is rigged, so find a way to acknowledge that but ALSO, always be grateful!
You have to never get old. Never be rude. Never show off. Never be selfish. Never fall down. Never fail. Never show fear. Never get OUT OF LINE. It's too hard! It's too contradictory, and nobody gives you a medal or says 'thank you!' And it turns out, in fact, that not only are you doing everything wrong, but also, everything is your fault.
I'm just so tired of watching myself, and every single other woman tie herself into knots, so that people will like us.
And if all of that, is also true for a doll just representing a woman, then I don't even know." -Gloria the barbie movie
this is it. this is exactly it oh my god.
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mdmcduff · 8 months
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mdmcduff · 9 months
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Here’s the thing. Obscenely wealthy people don’t exist in a bubble.
They exist and they SUBSIST on exploitation, abuse, corruption, war, and death.
You may not think they are worth less than you. But they absolutely think you are worth less than them.
So go ahead and defend them if you want.
Defend them as children are slaughtered.
Defend them as your fellow human dies from curable disease.
Defend them as addiction picks off your loved ones one by one.
Defend them as the forests burn.
Even defend them as the oceans rise.
And when you are the one drowning in it, they will not return the favor.
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mdmcduff · 11 months
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mdmcduff · 1 year
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Misogynists are the weakest.
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mdmcduff · 1 year
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“He once said to me, ‘Size matters not.’ That's how he talked. He would speak in riddles.”
Luke, my man, if you think that was a riddle you have no business teaching children.
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mdmcduff · 1 year
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Just imagine Echo coming face to face with Dr. Hemlock.
Imagine Echo coming across the same recurring nightmare, but instead of the Techno Union it’s the conceited face of Dr. Hemlock. Echo’s seen that look of morbid fascination. That desire to put him on a slab, open him up and play.
Echo’s whole body freezes, his worst fear realized as the scientist smiles at him in unhinged glee,
“Well,” the doctor croons and his eyes roams the clone’s modifications. “Aren’t you fascinating.”
@the-bi-space-ace @jealous-sloth77 and @floundrickthewayfarer i woke up and chose angst again. 😬
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mdmcduff · 1 year
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