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Works in the Works: Feminism in Pink: The Whiplash of Barbie-Branded Femvertising

October 31 @ 12:45 pm 2:00 pm

The Humanities Department in its Works in the Works series has the following presentation:

Speaker: Jaclyn Griffith: Humanities Department

Abstract: This talk explores the competing ideologies presented by the 2023 film Barbie and its surrounding cultural narrative. Dubbed a “whiplash text,” Barbie critiques the personal and structural impacts of patriarchy while simultaneously insisting that a woman’s adherence to normative beauty standards and consumption of products is her route to liberation.

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