HOLD ON. NO NO NO.
NO, BARBIE SET DESIGNERS, NO.
YOU CAN'T JUST CASUALLY SHOW THIS AND MOVE ON.
WHY THIS BOOK??
WHAT THEMES OF MOBY DICK ARE GONNA BE PRESENT IN THIS MOVIE??
unless you are a trans person making queer commentary, y'all can stop with the barbie dick quote tweets.
i promise you, someone else has already made that joke.
and not to get all transmasculine aroace about this but
framing barbie as freedom from the motherhood expectations, and instead thematically offering a path towards adulthood that is about what you want to be and not rearing the next generation?