i. The mother's speech

ii. Quote: No Barbie or Ken should be living in the shadows

iii. Women hold all positions of power as well as just every position in general, other than things like beach

iv. Parallels the Christian creation story of Adam and Eve, Eve was created to make Adam happy. Ken was created to be Barbie's companion. This is why women are able to hold control over everything in this world, they were created to exist not to be a Ken's companion.

Patriarchy:

i. Montage to male media once Ken realizes how male dominated the real world is

ii. Quote: One minute I was president, the next I was cutting a Kens steak

iii. Barbie gets catcalled in the real world, and later is told she looks better with more clothes because it leaves more to the imagination

iv. Men's opinions of women can turn an object meant to promote feminism (to some degree) into a sexualised object that makes even women not see them how they were meant to be seen

Will McConnell

-barbie got rid of any non feminist sentiments- at the beginning monologue

-her feet straightening as a sign of imperfection a small thing

-Barbie is catcalled immediately when in the real world

-"we have just gotten better at hiding it"

-the police harass them as soon as they get arrested

Zack Antoniotti

1. In Barbie Land, every woman has an important role in society that men would typically have in the real world

2. The speech the mom gave about how women are supposed to act in society

3. ¨girls get to be anything because Barbie can be anything¨

Patriarchy

1. Men catcalling Barbie the second she arrived in the real world

2. men are the only ones in positions of power

3. Only men owning a ¨women based/branded¨ company like Barbie

jessilyn hughes

F2. "Everybody likes me and thinks I'm cool"-Barbie

F3. "I have no difficulty holding logic and feelings at the same time equally"-Barbie

P1. "Women hate women, and men hate women, its the one thing we can all agree on"-Daughter

P2. "There still is Patriarchy, we're just getting better at hiding it"-Office Employee

P3. "Everything that exists is built to expand the presence and greatness of men!"-Ken

Jack Strand

• Women in the film are shown having lots of power over men

• The men in the film do lots of things that are typically considered to be things for women, such as wearing lots of pink & bright colors.

• The movie is based off barbie, being considered a toy for girls & women.

Patriarchy:

• Women in some cases were still dependent on men.

• In the movie, the women get brainwashed into loving & completely depending on men.

• Ken's character is very controlling & dominant.

Eliott W

-Barbie felt an undertone of violence on venice beach,

- ¨I´m a man with no power does that make me a woman?¨

Feminism

-A woman created Barbie & ran Mattel

-Barbie is extrodanary and does everything

-No need for men in barbie land

Jack Schultz

"barbie can be anything so women can be anything"

female president and women running everything in barbie land

“It is literally impossible to be a woman. You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don't think you're good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we're always doing it wrong."

patriarchy

"young girls where only able to play mother"

"men rule the world"

"we just got better at hiding it"

Diego R

• barbie land is controlled all by women (women president, woman supreme court, etc)

• the moms speech on how difficult it can be to a woman to get the other Barbies to snap out of the Ken control

• Barbie knew her ending wasn't just being in love with Ken, she had to have her own ending

  -patriarchy

• the men in the real world having to hide the fact that they still participate in the patriarchy but aren't open about it

• the kens taking over barbie land and making all the Barbies basically be there servants

• despite woman doing lots of work and being the backbone of Mattel none of them having any higher up jobs

  -Izzy Johnson

1. "mothers stand still so our daughters can look back and see how far they've come"

2. "I'm a liberated man, I know crying's not weak"

3. The ending scene, when Barbie accepts being a human woman.

Acknowledging the Patriarchy:

1. "I'm not smart enough to be anything"

2. "Men look at me like I'm an object, and girls hate me"

3. "Either you're brainwashed or you're weird and ugly"

Sophia Wodwaski

• Women were in charge of all areas of the government

• The author barbie being able to take credit for her work and feel like she earned the award and not feeling like she didn't deserve it.

• Barbie choosing her own path in the end and it not being chosen by anyone else.

Patriarchy:

• When barbie was catcalled as soon as she entered the human world because as a woman she was seen as an object.

• The CEO of a corporation selling female empowerment was a man, as with the rest of the employees.

• When the barbies tricked the kens by pretending to be dumb so the kens would mansplain to them

  Tessa A

• The falling of Ken banners as a representation of the destruction of patriarchy

• Gloria's speech to Barbie; discussion of all the things women must do and must not and all the pressures women feel due to the patriarchy. Expression of women's restraints.

• The process of deconstructing the brainwashing other Barbies were under; showing women their worth in the world and the true negatives of a male dominated society.

Top 3 Patriarchy References

• Barbies are in maid outfits, doing whatever the Kens want to please them.

• A Barbie saying she doesn't deserve an award only to go on to thank the Kens in her life

• Both Barbies and Kens lost their self worth and self identification through the process of implementing patriarchy

Kate G

Haley B.

1)" If Barbie can do anything, anyone can do anything".

2) Constitution vote to change Ken land to Barbie land

3) Barbie finds herself and discovers her for who she is as a human

Patriarchy

1) Kens underestimate the Barbie's tone of violence

2)Kens turn Barbie land to Ken land

3)Kens discover identity issues without the Barbies and there was overall stigma in their heads behind them for showing emotions

Tamia Conway

• "Her own house, own money, own career"

• Feminism spreading when the societal inequality is brought to light.

• "We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back and see how far they've come"

Patriarchy:

• "We're just better at hiding it (patriarchy)"

• All men on the Mattel C-Suite.

• Women believing that their achievements are not valid and wholly there's and believing that they need to thank men for their accomplishments

Aidan M.

When Ken was trying to get a job with a businessman and Ken said "But everyone who works here is a man" and the businessman said we just do a better job of hiding it.

As soon as they get into the real world, Barbie gets catcalled right away which she wasn't used to in Barbie land

When Ken is walking around the real world he starts learning about the history of the US and realizes it was majority of men

Feminism:

In Barbie Land, the women control basically everything

The kens in Barbie Land seemed to be doing things that stereotypically women would do

The moms speech to snap the barbies out of their trance

-Miles L

1) When the narrator says, "Barbie has her own house, car, ect..." This quote is basically highlighting the level of independence these girls have.

2) When Barbie won all kinds of awards, such as the Nobel prize. This highlights what women can and do accomplish.

3) When ken tells Barbie that she's "Right as always."

Top 3 Patriarchy Refrences:

1) Ken ruins Barbie land and her house, and changes it into what he wants.

2) Ken and other men get high paying jobs way easier

3) All the leaders of Mattle are men

-Griffin Przybylo

1. The pep-talks the barbies were giving the brainwashed barbies to un-brainwash them when the kens were taking over.

2. The idea the mom had of an ¨ ordinary barbie ¨ stopping the stereotypical ideas that mattel advertises

3. Barbie being the one actively trying to figure out whats wrong when shes in the real world, her dedication and emotions throughout it.

   
   

   Patriarchy-

   1. When ken goes to the real world and discovers patriarchy, how it influenced him because his confidence was low.

   2. The men catcalling Barbie when she comes to the real world.

   3. Mattel being owned by only men.

      Helaina Milosevic