Blonde, thin, white, dressed in pink and all smiles… the fashion doll is making a big comeback in the film Barbie, directed by American Greta Gerwig. The feature film – worn by Australian actress Margot Robbie – ironically questions the gender shackles imposed on the most famous toy in the world.
More than sixty years after its creation by the founder of Mattel, Ruth Handler, and in the light of feminist movements such as #metoo, publicized in 2017, isn’t Barbie out of step with societal changes?
In this three-minute video, Anne Monnier Vanryb, curator of the toy department at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, explains how Barbie represented a revolution in the world of toys, before being shunned, in the early 2010s. , due to the gender stereotypes it conveys and its lack of diversity and inclusiveness.
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