While I enjoyed it, the main reason I found the Barbie movie problematic, was because it is effectively purple washing corporate propaganda for a male led company, with a horrible record on treatment of foreign (often female) workers, and with a product that has historically caused girls serious body image issues. Which is why it could never be a truly feminist movie.
My main point was that, according to people who have a superficial understanding of identity politics, you have no right to voice this criticism unless you are a woman because you can’t truly understand what the movie was about and don’t truly understand what it’s like to be oppressed like a woman. Even if you may have had similar experiences, have people you love who have experienced similar issues, and have read up on a lot of the relevant literature.
Ie. the idea that men might as well be from a different planet, so have no way of relating to women, so don’t get to voice their opinions on something like the Barbie movie. “Men are fundamentally different from women, they have no way of understanding the oppression we have faced.”
You raise a good point.
While I enjoyed it, the main reason I found the Barbie movie problematic, was because it is effectively purple washing corporate propaganda for a male led company, with a horrible record on treatment of foreign (often female) workers, and with a product that has historically caused girls serious body image issues. Which is why it could never be a truly feminist movie.
My main point was that, according to people who have a superficial understanding of identity politics, you have no right to voice this criticism unless you are a woman because you can’t truly understand what the movie was about and don’t truly understand what it’s like to be oppressed like a woman. Even if you may have had similar experiences, have people you love who have experienced similar issues, and have read up on a lot of the relevant literature.
Ie. the idea that men might as well be from a different planet, so have no way of relating to women, so don’t get to voice their opinions on something like the Barbie movie. “Men are fundamentally different from women, they have no way of understanding the oppression we have faced.”