Meet Retired Barbie – Pensions Without Patriarchy Are 30% Higher

Barbie, the megahit movie, has something for everyone (well, not quite, right wing men are fuming), but it needed to pursue the death and aging theme a little more. Buzz kill, sorry, but as the movie progressed the theme of death developed into one of the most poignant moments of the movie.

Margot Robbie looks intently at an old women at a Venice Beach bus stop and tells her she is beautiful – the highest form of compliment stereotypical Barbie can make. As Barbie leaves she looks back over her shoulder and makes the audience contemplate the beauty of the aged women, who had responded with glittering eyes to Barbie’s complement, “I know.”