“The more we wax poetic about the incredible, feminist feat of cinema that was Barbie, the more we are lying to ourselves."

I hate "Barbie."

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The Summer of Barbenheimer has long since passed. Awards season is over. The pink dust has settled. So now it’s safe to cut the shit: We need to stop pretending Barbie did anything groundbreakingly positive for “women in cinema.” Before you dismiss me as a bad feminist killjoy bitch based on those sentences alone, let’s get some things out …