Barbie: Feminist Icon?

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

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🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Barbie is many things: an astronaut, a robotics engineers, a judge, and now a movie star! But can she be considered a feminist icon?

For a toy with such incredible appeal around the world, especially to young children, it’s an important question to ask.

Today we’re joined by Lenore Wright, author of Athena to Barbie: Bodies, Archetypes, and Women’s Search For Self, to find out what this global icon really represents.

This episode was edited and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

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0:00.0	Everyone leaves a legacy.
0:02.2	But a legacy can change over time as new generations
0:05.6	re-examine old preputations.
0:07.6	From Wundery and Gohanger podcasts, I'm F4hersh.
0:11.0	I'm Peter Frankapan, and in a brand new series,
0:14.0	we're exploring the lives of some of the biggest characters in history,
0:17.4	from Napoleon to Picasso.
0:19.2	And asking, what does their past tell us about our present?
0:23.4	This is legacy.
0:24.7	Follow now wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.0	Hello, my lovely tricksters.
0:34.7	It's me, Kate Lister.
0:36.2	I am here once again at the top of the show
0:38.9	to make sure that you are going to be all right
0:42.0	with what is going to be poured into your look.
0:44.4	Oh, this is your fair dues warning.
0:48.8	This is an adult podcast spoken by adults to other adults
0:51.3	about a range of adulty subjects in an adulty way.
0:54.0	And you should be an adult too, right?
0:57.9	We are talking about Barbie today.
1:01.0	Actually, just after the warning that you need to be an adult,
1:03.3	we're talking about a children's toy.
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