<p>Hi Barbies! We have sooooo much to talk about in this three-parter, so we squished some background discussion of fashion dolls and the cultural mythos of Barbie into this first episode. We also have some thoughts on the Barbenheimer phenomenon, the Barbie movie as a capitalist product, and our own experiences playing with Barbies as children. Then we give a brief overview of some other topics we want to dive into in our next two episodes and take a quiz to find out which Barbies we are (but, as happens quite often, the <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/laurengarafano/barbie-character-quiz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>quiz</strong></a> was wrong). </p> <p>This month we&#39;re talking about:</p> <ul> <li>Feminist Utopias, Matriarchies, and Inverted Patriarchies in Fiction</li> <li>Aging, Gender, and Sexuality as Explored in Barbie</li> <li>Weird Barbie and Queerness</li> <li>Parallels with the Works of Jane Austen, Because You Didn&#39;t Think Rhonda Was Just Going to Ignore that Depression Barbie&#39;s Comfort Show is the 1995 Pride and Prejudice Miniseries, Did You???</li> <li>and more</li> </ul> <p>Follow us on Instagram I guess but don&#39;t expect too much. </p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pop-dna-podcast/message

Pop DNA

Rhonda Watts and Erin O'Loughlin

Barbie: Now I Am Become Irrepressible Thoughts of Death Barbie

FEB 14, 202456 MIN
Pop DNA

Barbie: Now I Am Become Irrepressible Thoughts of Death Barbie

FEB 14, 202456 MIN

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<p>Hi Barbies! We have sooooo much to talk about in this three-parter, so we squished some background discussion of fashion dolls and the cultural mythos of Barbie into this first episode. We also have some thoughts on the Barbenheimer phenomenon, the Barbie movie as a capitalist product, and our own experiences playing with Barbies as children. Then we give a brief overview of some other topics we want to dive into in our next two episodes and take a quiz to find out which Barbies we are (but, as happens quite often, the <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/laurengarafano/barbie-character-quiz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>quiz</strong></a> was wrong). </p> <p>This month we&#39;re talking about:</p> <ul> <li>Feminist Utopias, Matriarchies, and Inverted Patriarchies in Fiction</li> <li>Aging, Gender, and Sexuality as Explored in Barbie</li> <li>Weird Barbie and Queerness</li> <li>Parallels with the Works of Jane Austen, Because You Didn&#39;t Think Rhonda Was Just Going to Ignore that Depression Barbie&#39;s Comfort Show is the 1995 Pride and Prejudice Miniseries, Did You???</li> <li>and more</li> </ul> <p>Follow us on Instagram I guess but don&#39;t expect too much. </p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pop-dna-podcast/message