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Originally posted by Underdogs
Yeah, cuz at the end of the day Pink ultimately wants girls to stop playing with barbie dolls. 
You're taking everything at face value. On the surface "barbie dolls" and wearing "revealing outfits" are harmless but become much more detrimental when juxtaposed with appealing to men and getting fame, which if you listen to the chorus is the point of the song.
She isn't saying playing with barbies is wrong or makes you stupid but at it's very extreme it alters aspirations by placing significant value on superficiality. Similarly, it's wearing revealing outfits specifically for the object of appealing to men that is problematic. Not showing skin.
All the actions (comically) depicted in the video are a part of a larger mindset that is harmful. Legendary feminist tbh.  |
Yes, I'm sure Alecia was really trying to get all of that across to all the girls in her audience when she was writing the song and pitching the video concept
My reading of the song is superficial because
the song is superficial. Like, immediately after she describes some generic group of women with no other information about them than the kind of clothes they wear and the kind of dogs they have (I'd love to hear how
that fits into your already reachy narrative), she makes a comment about the dearth of "smart people." She's clearly just making snap judgements based solely on appearances with nothing there to support any of it, which leaves nothing to support your assertion that this song is actually about a culture that supposedly only rewards women who debase themselves for male attention or fame.
Anyway, you're very clearly too blinded by stan bias to be objective about this, which is precisely why you've already dropped your argument that the song is some critique of social constructionism and moved on to this equally specious argument.
