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Amy Maclean
Pink Think
2023 is coming to a close, and it's been a pretty weird year. For the first time in
U.S. history, the House voted to remove a Speaker. Donald Trump is facing criminal
charges, making him the first U.S. ex-president to be indicted. And with Hunter
Biden we have the first child of a sitting president to be charged by the Justice
Department. Hollywood writers and actors went on strike together for the first time
in six decades.
And amid all this, we have Barbie rising up in her plastic stilettos as some sort of
feminist icon and fashion aesthetic. Barbiecore, anyone?
Like many, I trooped off to the theater this summer with my son and daughter to see
Greta Gerwig's " Barbie " movie. I was hoping for some laughs, but got so much more
with the complicated toy from my childhood evoking conversations on patriarchy
and matriarchy-even existentialism. We asked this year's Most Powerful Women
what they thought of the film, and while there were a few critics, most found plenty
to like.
" I laughed, I cried, and I thoroughly enjoyed. Pink is now a staple in my wardrobe.
We can all be Kenough. Work on yourself, build your own dream house and get your
life right. That's what matters, " declared Cox Communications COO Colleen Langner.
It was also interesting hearing these distinguished leaders reflect on their own
childhoods playing with Barbie. CNN Worldwide's Johnita Due recalled how her
mother always ensured she had Black dolls to play with, which the Mattel line was
lacking in the 1960s and 1970s. " We still played with [Barbie] although I was more
interested in Skipper, likely because the one I had had dark hair and tan skin, " she
said.
Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios Chief Creative Officer Nina Diaz loved her
Barbies growing up, in part because they were women vs baby dolls. " I had all the
cultural Barbies: Latin Barbie, Hawaiian Barbie. Whatever shade they had-I wanted
it! Those Barbies and their identities fed my imagination. They were aspirational to
me, " she said.
Little girls playing with Barbie these days can imagine her in
myriad different ways thanks in part to the examples women
like our honorees are setting for the next generation of
Most Powerful Women. They've set a high bar for creativity,
determination and altruism, and whether or not they
embrace Barbie Pink, these extraordinary leaders could
never be placed in a box.
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December 2023
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