Another day, another delightful Neil Gaiman story.
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EDIT: Where are my manners. The book in question is Once Upon A Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
children outside screaming: annoying but ultimately for the greater good. children need Going Outside and Screaming Time for proper emotional development. an auditory burden I am willing to bear
neighbor with his car he made louder on purpose: jail for neighbor. jail for ten thousand years
I want everybody who’s calling Ken a Trophy Husband to know that he’s actually a Trophy Boyfriend, because when Ruth Handler invented Ken in the 1960s, she was adamant that he would never marry her and instead be her “handsome steady”, so that Barbie remained a figure of independence for the little girls and was never put in the position of housewife.
Her house is hers. She bought it and furnished it with money she made in her own job. In STEM, in politics, in healthcare, in fashion, in academy, in customer service. Her credit card is in her name (women in the US couldn’t have their own regardless of marital status until 1974). And it’s all pink and fashionable because femininity and badassness aren’t mutually exclusive. No matter who you are, you can be anything.
That’s why Barbie’s slogan is “you can be anything”. Teaching these ideals to little girls is why Barbie was created. Empowering women and empowering femininity is the original meaning of the Barbie doll. It’s not that you have to be all this to be a woman, but if you are all or some of this, you too are awesome.
And somehow pop culture deliberately changed that narrative. Sexualised, bimbofied, and villainised her, when she actually isn’t responsible for the impossible beauty standards — people are, she’s just a stylised, not-to-scale toy like most others.
Men are frothing because he’s just Ken and I guess they were expecting her to be just Barbie, but that’s exactly what Ken is. Canonically. A badass woman’s himbo boyfriend.
This movie has the potential to change the way we collectively see Barbie radically into what Ruth Handler’s intended, I’m so very excited
ronan lynch knew he was meant to be a middle child. he really said if they won’t make me one, i will, and just dreamt himself a younger brother. that’s called choosing your own destiny. we should all take notes.
making all ur faves fat btw. die mad about it
"ohh but this character is an athlete/survives in the wild so it doesn't make sense!!!!" L + ratio + don't care + you have a very narrow understanding of how the human body works + thin =/= fit + fat representation matters more than any fragile feelings you may have regarding internalized fatphobia + learn to draw bodytypes other than skinny people + wizard BLAST
starting a new company, Autistic Auditors, where we send blunt autistic people to check up on things like companies to stand there and be like “actually that thing the CEO said made no sense, elaborate” and pushing them to actually explain their dodgy corporate language that avoids accountability and reliability. Just really grind them down with repeated “why” and “but what does that mean” and writing down the answers in clear and obvious language.
IDK I’m just sick of hearing how Business Bros talk and how many people are suckers for it. I want blunt people standing there going “hey, that guy didn’t actually SAY anything, he just strung together a bunch of nonsense corporate words to make you think ‘ooo profit’ but there’s nothing substantial here”
We would do the same to politicians.
zuko has a customer service voice that he got from working food service and he does in fact use it during his reign as firelord when important people are getting on his nerves but he cant afford to lose his temper. it terrifies anyone that actually knows him bc its completely different from how he usually talks. i dont who that cheerful helpful-sounding man is but that is not our boy
Thinking back to the good early days before my skin grew back when people could shake their heads at me and say "masks are a government conspiracy" and instead of navigating the bullshit like a normal person I could pull mine down and say "I have chemical burns on my face"
things people expect in a political confrontation:
- Facts
- Logic
- Emotional outbursts
Things they are never prepared for:
- Open sores
This post: "Thinking back to the good early days before my skin grew back"
Me: off to a compelling start
Specific Barbie references in the Barbie movie (2023) based on the promo and teaser trailer (so far)
Margot Robbie as Barbie - 1959 Ponytail Barbie Doll (The first barbie doll)
Emerald Fennell as Midge - 2003 Midge and Baby (BANNED FROM WALMART!)
Issa Rae as President Barbie - 2020 Candidate doll from the Barbie Campaign Team Set
Michael Cera as Allan - 1964 Allan Doll (He's Ken's Buddy!)
(Unsure) Dua Lipa as Blue-Haired Mermaid (potentially Nori from Mermaidia (2006) , or Dreamtopia (2017-2018)
Kate McKinnon as messed up, played with chewed feet Barbie Doll (Transcends time and generations)
anyways my niche ASL bros headcanon is that as kids ppl more often mistook ace and luffy for being blood related than sabo and luffy, but as teens/adults ppl are quicker to believe sabo and luffy are blood related because sabo and luffy both have round faces and big round eyes, meanwhile ace and luffy's similarities start and end at black hair because ace grew up to be one angular son of a bitch
