Attention Mainstream Feminism, I need you all to stop shitting on Barbie right the fuck now.
I used to think I had a complicated relationship with Barbie because I believed I had to if I was going to publicly identify as a feminist.
But you know what? I loved Barbie when I was a little girl! I loved playing Barbies with my little sister. I loved her remote control car that she could actually ride around in. I loved having her go on adventures with my Batman action figures. I loved making her go on dates (and have what I believed was sex) with other Barbies. Even now, I still get excited when I hear about Barbie becoming a computer programmer or a producer or an architect because I know little girls look up to Barbie and imagine themselves as her whenever they play with her.
Dori Mooneyham 