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America Ferrera and the ‘Barbie’ Monologue We All Talked About (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Capitalism commodifies dissent. It turns protest movements that argue against the unfairness of the current system into a product or marketing campaign to sell their imaginary solutions. The Barbie is a prime example of this.

I liked the I'm Just Ken song though, and it was a fun movie, but still.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Well, that's a pretty reductive way of looking at the message.

I'll give you a hint, why do you think it is that Barbie ultimately refused to participate in the hypercommodified world after the status quo has been restored with even slight improvements being made?