It feels important to start with a simple fact that it feels as though everyone should be able to agree with: Barbie dolls are not feminist.
As much as this feels like common sense to me, this statement will have the girlies in a fit. To get everyone on the same page, no, Barbie is not a feminist because she is a career woman who has done every job under the sun. Barbie has not had any jobs, actually. She is a doll. If anything, her job as a doll is to be appealing and marketable to whatever girls are currently being told to idolize and the aspirations…
