The Barbie movie is fun, but it’s not The Feminine Mystique

I would like to believe Barbie the doll had some role in inspiring young women, but I am sure the real feminist movement changed institutions and society so much more.

The box-office hit Barbie has taken on a life of its own, thanks to an awkward feminist plotline, and the reaction of conservative commentators in the United States, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Brecht Bug/Flickr

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

August 16, 2023

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—“It’s only a movie.” That is what my mother would say when I was a child when I was terrified by a film or obsessed with it. My late older brother Ian would quote her when he became a film critic. It was a good way to remind others Hollywood marketed...

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