Life in plastic might not be so fantastic. The Barbie movie has hit the box office and it seems like it will do decently. This film is yet another battleground in the culture war and I for one couldn’t care less about it one way or the other. I was as boyish as one could be as a kid so I was more interested in match box cars and video games than my sisters’ Barbie dolls. This film isn’t going to get me to a theater so I won’t say it’s propaganda or something that is worthwhile. It’s just a film about dolls that little girls play with and being the first live action Barbie movie; It’s bound to be seen or at least pushed as notable. Those are just my thoughts. What about you? Don’t forget to vote on the poll and to comment below!
Introducing the Daily Poll and its Archive
For well over a year I have been posting a poll on the member site for Eric D July. It’s a paid forum so my archive of polls won’t be accessible to most readers. I will start a new archive here and post the same poll I post to the site on my substack. These ones are usually quite short but some get up a bit in word count so don’t expect the most eloquen…
Yes, and loads of symbolism. Like, “Leave the world behind”...