Barbie's mass un-brainwashing 101

& why it's important to see yourself in feminism

There was *a lot* to love about the Barbie movie, but my favourite sequence was this now viral speech, by America Ferrera’s character, Gloria:

"It is literally impossible to be a woman… You have to be thin, but not too thin. And you can never say you want to be thin. You have to say you want to be healthy, but also you have to be thin. You have to have m…