The Barbie Movie & Pink Capitalism

Welcome to the Barbie episode of The Whorrific Podcast, doubling as the first video episode. Watch the video here: 

https://youtu.be/mg-_L5AXmxg 

 

Morgan starts by sharing a brief update about their life and the podcast. Things have been going great they've been doing a ton of camwork on streamate  

The we get into Morgan’s thoughts on the Barbie Movie. They introduce themselveds as Barbie’s #1 fan and describe what they feel Barbie is: a commodity and an icon 

 They pull a Tarot card to guide them in the rest of the podcast and it’s the 3 of pentacles. Then they go through and share their overall likes and dislikes of the movie. 

  

Likes  

-set design (set and setting as a way to access unconscious/psychic realm, exploring identity) 

-casting- diversity of identity and fun 

-musical numbers 

-bringing together human beings 

  

dislikes: 

-body image and beauty standard issues, lack of physical diversity 

-pink capitalism 

-performative activism 

-lack of class consciousness 

 

Please share any feedback about this episode via a review on Apple podcasts and/or email morgan@morganlafeuille.com and visit the web site at www.morganlafeuille.com