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'A potentially damaging stereotype': Is Barbie a strong feminist icon?

Greta Gerwig’s new Barbie movie hits our screens next week, with many lifelong fans already booking out cinemas nationwide. Journalist Mary Kenny has been writing in the Irish Independent that ‘Barbie, once loathed for stereotyping young girls, is now pitched as a feminist icon’ What do you think? Is Barbie an icon or does she actually go against what feminism is meant to be about? Andrea was joined by listeners to discuss…

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12.15 13 Jul 2023


'A potentially damaging stereotype': Is Barbie a strong feminist icon?


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12.15 13 Jul 2023


Greta Gerwig’s new Barbie movie hits our screens next week, with many lifelong fans already booking out cinemas nationwide.

Journalist Mary Kenny has been writing in the Irish Independent that ‘Barbie, once loathed for stereotyping young girls, is now pitched as a feminist icon’

What do you think? Is Barbie an icon or does she actually go against what feminism is meant to be about?

Andrea was joined by listeners to discuss…


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