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The Barbie Movie Embodies All That’s Wrong With Modern Performative Feminism
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The Barbie Movie Embodies All That’s Wrong With Modern Performative Feminism

Modern feminism has become commoditized and turned into a money making machine

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Ronke Babajide
Aug 29, 2023
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A few days ago I watched the Barbie movie. And throughout the screening, I felt like I was being played. I’d heard so much about how the movie is “feminist” and a critique of our patriarchal society.

But that’s not what I saw.

What I saw was a huge marketing machine trying to make me believe that Barbie was on my…

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