Very serious barbie redraw compliation with @koilarist and I

MARGOT ROBBIE as BARBIE BARBIE (2023) dir. greta gerwig

🎀 SEX METAL BARBIE 🎀 In This Moment #MetalMonday (ins.po)

Everyone is rightfully celebrating the appearances of Barbies using mobility aids and prosthetics in the Barbie film but I've got to say: I really love that the movie can be read as a woman having a later-in-life disability and ultimately embracing the changes that come with having a disability.

As the film progresses, Stereotypical Barbie loses control over her legs and feet, develops cellulite (a common sign of aging, something which, under some models of disability, is considered a disability), and begins to experience intrusive thoughts as well as anxiety and depression, all common invisible disabilities.

When consulting Doctor Barbie and her friends, they all say she's malfunctioning and encourage her to get help which, speaking as someone with epilepsy, I can't count the number of times professional medical doctors have called my body "malfunctioning". Like a worn down piece of computer hardware.

When seeking outside help, she finds a tight-knit commune of other "malfunctioning" Barbies which includes:

Weird Barbie, who has a leg-control disability and constantly has to find places to lean against for support

Video Girl Barbie, whose physical appearance is considered unsettling to the other Barbies

Teen Talk Barbie, probably the most famous Barbie doll with a voice but almost completely mute during the film

Weird Barbie also encourages her to get help but not for the societal conformity reasons that the other Barbies had. She wants Stereotypical Barbie to get help because having intrusive thoughts of death is not healthy and she genuinely cares about her well-being (even though she previously called her "weird" both behind her back and to her face). 

While the starting point of her journey may have been to find a cure to her disabilities, by the end of the film, Stereotypical Barbie is able to accept the changes to her body by rejecting the perfect plastic body and fully committing to an inherently flawed human body.

I just dig the heck out of her storyline and how it shows how other disabled people can support each other on their paths of self-discovery.

Not to be slightly pretentious about my own art for a second but I'm up thinking about the repeated visual imagery I've developed in my wkm fanart

Specifically the twin stars as Celine and Damien post WKM, particularly in their relation to Wil. How it's about them haunting the narrative. How it's about them still being there in Dark and yet not being there at all. How it's about the ways Wil still sees them in everything. How he misses them and how he carries on with that weight, with their legacy (the same reason I often draw him with star motifs of his own. Always carrying them with him in his own little ways.)

you know i had a fun little vp idea i wanted to do for the cyberpunk anniversary but i haven't had the energy to even touch it recently so i'll just settle with saying that this game impacted me in ways i never thought it would when i first picked it up 3 years ago. i knew i would enjoy it, i had been looking forward to it for a long time, and despite a ~controversial~ launch, i had a fucking blast from day 1 (on ps4 no less). regardless of bugs and memes and public dunking, the story grabbed me like nothing else could at the time, and it reignited so much of my passion and motivation for art that i had lost in the clutches of mental illness and i'll always be grateful for that. it introduced me to so many wonderful people (some whom i carry very close to my heart), and maybe most personally surprising, it gave me an outlet to understand parts of myself that i had been too afraid to acknowledge for a long time, the courage to accept and embrace myself as non-binary, and allow myself to just BE without trying to convince myself i'm crazy. that's not what i expected from the get-go but it's been a really fun journey to be on ngl

Who in the fuck authorized this

Hanako

and Vayne

when will i be free of this fucking blonde hair

What I want is a Barbie, Clarice.

Loving that the professionals are now breaking down the symbolism for the film bros claiming this is anti-man.

Anyway for anyone who genuinely wants a deeper look at the choreography's meaning in this song, this is a helpful article.

I also particularly like this fun quote at the end:

Oscar pundits are already eyeing possible original song nominations for Ronson and Wyatt, who previously won for their work on the “A Star Is Born” hit “Shallow.” Gosling’s name is being tossed in as well for his performance. But he doesn’t take credit outright, especially for “I’m Just Ken.” “Ken sang that song,” he told The Times with a straight face. “I never sang like that in my life. I don’t know why or how that happened.”

the echthroi protagonists on the set of barbie

I will say that new Barbie mugshot meme IS very Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian

i think about that person who said they like the way i draw knees every time i draw knees

Anyway I never voiced my opinion about this but man for all the hype it got the barbie movie SUCKED

speaking as someone who really enjoyed Barbie, I just don't think Barbie is deep enough to warrant all the dramatic takes and arguments on it