For me Barbie was the first feminist icon in animation. Endless careers, no prince needed, just a girl showing other girls they could be anything. That’s why we were all obsessed
men irl rarely talk about women's consent, safety, and pleasure in a respectful way, and that's why so many of us fw these characters alot because they are exactly the kind of escape we needed.
You ever been friends with someone because y'all have the same best friends but not because you actually care to hang out with said person?
That's why.