Is barbie gay

I also imagined some pretty fun sleepovers with Ken. As a gay boy led into gay adulthood by strong women, I am on board with all that girl power in Gerwig's "Barbie. Mattel, of course, vehemently denied any claims that Ken was gay, let alone that he had something as.

The Kens in this movie, after all, are confused about who they should be, spending so much time proving their masculinity because they are convinced that is how they should act. At Mattel, people pick whatever bathroom best suits them. For one of the biggest films of the year to be given the stamp of approval from a giant corporation that makes products for children, some of the same kids these anti-trans bathroom bills affectthat's a small victory.

As a kid, I remember wanting to be Barbie's best gay friend - I imagined we'd have some pretty fun sleepovers in her Dreamhouse. It's validating. The Earring Magic Ken turned Barbie’s boyfriend into an out-and-proud homosexual raver. One of the most obvious displays of queer inclusivity in "Barbie" involves just a few words spoken by Will Ferrell: "gender-neutral bathrooms.

Obviously it's been a huge hit forever, but this is so next level. Maybe not gay enoughaccording to some gays. Suddenly, here was Barbie, a beloved commercial figure, flipping the script on that stereotypical notion, driving her pink Corvette and belting out "Closer to Fine" as she leaves Barbie Land for the real world.

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I'd say that's remarkable, but that kind of casting, where queer people are just in the mix of onscreen talent, should be the norm in all films. Maybe Ken needs Barbie like Jack needs Karen? Here are five queer things to love about "Barbie. Trans actor Hari Nef also plays a Barbie excuse me, Dr.

Barbieand Kate McKinnon is "Weird Barbie," who emanates some real lesbian vibes McKinnon herself is openly lesbian particularly when she offers Robbie's Barbie some more practical, everyday footwear - those being Birkenstocks. It would be a shame to feature Ken as prominently as this film does without at least winking at the queer boys, such as myself, who loved him.

Let them have their bigoted feelings while the rest of us admire "Barbie" for what it is: a coming-of-age film that lets underdogs come out on top. Despite months of campy promos, Greta Gerwig’s new “Barbie” film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling leans hard on heteronormativity.

Thankfully, this fact is realized in Gerwig's "Barbie," which suggests that Ken is both an object of desire for men, including other Kens, and that he may even be chasing Barbie for reasons that aren't exactly amorous in nature.

Maybe too gayaccording to anti-gays. The fact is, this is a movie about Barbie, and wherever Barbie goes, some inherent queerness will go, too. Let's face it: "Barbie" was going to be gay. The many Wizard of Oz references The influence of this queer fan-favorite — which, of course, stars gay icon Judy Garland — can be felt throughout Barbie.

Meanwhile, Gosling's Ken gets kissed on the cheek by two other Kens, including Evans, during a homoerotic ballet sequence that includes the lyric "put that manly hand in mine. When I first saw the trailer for "Barbie," I couldn't help but feel a sense of vindication for the Indigo Girls, whose name I've often heard referred to in mainstream culture in mainstream culture as "lesbian music" for the mere fact that duo Emily Saliers and Amy Ray are lesbians.

I also appreciate that the film, starring Margot Robbie as the leading Barbie and Ryan Gosling as the leading Ken, is full of queer subtext that has sent right-wingers into a anti-queer barbie because, god forbid, dolls should be for everyone.

That societal pressure alone is a familiar stress to any gay man, but "Barbie" does loosely put Ken somewhere on the spectrum of queerness, whether that be a quick cameo from Magic Earring Ken, modeled on gay fashion and also known as " Cock Ring Ken ," or by showing Evans riding a horse stick in a way that doesn't exactly register as totally straight.

Now that the Barbie movie is finally out in the real world, let’s break down all of those subtle (and not so subtle) gay references in full, spoiler-y detail. Fox News reported that a Christian news site "warns" that the film '"forgets core audience' in favor of trans agenda and gender themes.

In "Barbie," it is, however, especially meaningful seeing the iconic but historically gay dolls portrayed by openly queer actors to be fair, no characters are straight or gay since dolls, according to Robbie, don't have sexual orientation because they all just have plastic nubs down there.