![]() (There was also that one time in 2005’s Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus where her older sister was turned into a pegasus.) Meanwhile, Ken dolls only get horses when their thematically related Barbies already have horses. In the animated movies, she’s had many a horse, from magical unicorns to regular horses. There have been many Barbie horses, and they’re usually all packaged with Barbie or her female friends. Where are the Equestrian Barbies in Barbieland? Where are the unicorns and horses with flowing white manes with pink streaks, coming to trample the macho Ken herds with their sparkly hooves? Justice for the Horse Girls!Īnd it’s not like Ken as a doll has any particular history with horses. Sure, cowboys and buckaroos are manly, but Horse Girls are such a staple of girlhood childhood play that it seems silly that the animals are so immediately heralded as symbols of masculinity. So part of the cartoonish macho motif of Ken-dom involves horse-themed decor, a hobby horse for every Ken, and endless background Casa House videos of stallions and mustangs racing and rearing. It’s all a glorious rendition of the over-exaggerated hyper-masculine world that is Ken-dom - with one glaring exception.Īfter witnessing some cops on horseback in Venice Beach, Ken decides that horses are the epitome of masculinity. ![]() There are some funny gags about Kens mansplaining The Godfather, and playing guitar at their Barbie girlfriends instead of to them. This means Barbie’s DreamHouse is now “Ken’s Mojo Dojo Casa House.” All the Barbies are stripped of their cool jobs, and they just focus on serving the Kens cold drinks. So about halfway through the movie, he brings what he’s learned about real-world men back to Barbieland, installing a comically exaggerated macho regime in the previously pink and feminine world. Image: Warner Bros.Įarly in the movie, handsome yet dim Ken (Ryan Gosling) discovers that while Barbies rule the mythical world of Barbieland, the patriarchy dominates the real world. But there’s one small detail I just can’t get over. ![]() ![]() All the details of Barbieland, from the way the Barbies move around their DreamHouses to the costumes that represent actual dolls really celebrate the joys of girlhood play. As a huge Barbie fan, I found Greta Gerwig’s 2023 movie Barbie an absolute delight. ![]()
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