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    <title>NPR: femininity</title>
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      <title>The spectacular femininity of bimbos and &apos;Barbie&apos;</title>
      <description>Awards season is finally over and even though Oppenheimer took home the top prize for best picture at the Oscars, Barbie still seemed to be a fan favorite. To celebrate the final close of the Barbie movie press run, we revisit an episode from last year about the spectacular femininity of Barbie girls.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Host Brittany Luse sits down with Hannah McCann, a lecturer at the University of Melbourne who specializes in critical femininity studies. They discuss how both Barbie and real-life bimbos are criticized for being bad role models, and yet their carefree, maximalist, hyper-feminine approach might actually be a little subversive.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:56:26 -0400</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/03/19/screenshot-34-_wide-6285fcdffc6dd3b178918bb268c45d16e4eebb27.png' alt='Margot Robbie as Barbie, Tiktok Star Chrissy Chlapecka and TIktok star Nikita Redkar.'/><p>Awards season is finally over and even though Oppenheimer took home the top prize for best picture at the Oscars, Barbie still seemed to be a fan favorite. To celebrate the final close of the Barbie movie press run, we revisit an episode from last year about the spectacular femininity of Barbie girls.<br><br>Host Brittany Luse sits down with Hannah McCann, a lecturer at the University of Melbourne who specializes in critical femininity studies. They discuss how both Barbie and real-life bimbos are criticized for being bad role models, and yet their carefree, maximalist, hyper-feminine approach might actually be a little subversive.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1197956033' />]]></content:encoded>
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