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to accurately depict girlhood, womanhood and every complexity in-between through barbie is to heal. to show our experiences and emotions through <PERSON> much like we once did in innocent joy and through the endless possibilities the toy coined was the full circle moment i did not expect. to send <PERSON> on a journey of learning what it means to be a woman through her fear of imperfection - of showing emotions that do not provoke positivity, of ageing, of cellulite, of being criticised for not adhering to the impossible standards set for women to follow - as she realises through her admiration and appreciation of the elderly woman that she is what life is, what being a woman is, what being human is. we age, we feel, we are imperfect, and all of this is a mark of how beautiful we are no matter what society tells us. 1009
the real beauty of womanhood is how we control our life to become whoever we want to be - we can’t all be put into the same box, and we also do not all want to be in the same box. it’s all beautiful and it all makes us who we are, no permission is needed.
to no surprise, this love letter was for the girls we were and the women we have become. <PERSON>, much like with lady bird and little women, i have never felt more seen and understood. i have also never loved being a woman and all it entails more. how lucky are we as women to have this to cherish forever alongside our memories of the very same barbie we adored as children? 427