The following report is by VT:
Greta Gerwig’s hit film Barbie has not only broken box office records…but relationships too.
The blockbuster movie starring Margot Robbie as the titular character and Ryan Gosling as the dumbly devoted Ken has been all the buzz since hitting theaters, as it has grossed over 900 million dollars worldwide in just 14 days.
The movie has an absolutely stacked cast of stars, including Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon, Ncuti Gatwa, Michael Cera, Simu Liu, America Ferrera, Dua Lipa, and John Cena.
Almost three weeks after its release, Barbie has been praised by reviewers and moviegoers as it brings to life the beloved doll in a delightful and empowering animated adventure that enchanted audiences of all ages. However, many women are also saying that they deeply reconsidered their relationships after seeing the film. Watch below:
For those who haven’t watched the movie, Barbie stars Robbie as a resident of Barbieland who travels to the real world, only to find out that it’s not the feminist utopia she believed it was. Along for the ride is Gosling’s Ken, who decides to corrupt their vibrant home with the harmful ideals of modern patriarchy.
Due to the message of the flick – which has rapidly collected $351.4 million in screenings in the US and Canada – women are being urged by TikTok users to break up with their boyfriends if they do not understand the feminism and patriarchy theme.
One person on TikTok – who goes by the handle @charlotteryckeboer – wrote: “Take your boyfriends to the Barbie movie and if they hate it, dump them.”
Megan “The Fangirl,” Gotham also said on the social media platform: “If you go see it with a guy who says, ‘Ken did nothing wrong, patriarchy [is] good,’ then you need to get rid of him,” adding, “[Director Greta Gerwig is] trying to save us all, through Barbie!”
Even on Reddit’s subforum “Am I The A**hole,” one anonymous user revealed that she took the female empowerment message to a whole new level as she ended her relationship with a man after watching the Barbie movie because of his views about women.
He didn’t talk to me until we got in the car. He then told me that he was really offended by the movie and said that it was the kind of thing I should have watched with my girlfriends and not him.
We have been having problems with his weird comments about women…maybe it was a long time coming but this was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
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While Barbie is empowering women all over the world, it has also sparked outrage amongst conservatives, especially Ben Shapiro. The controversial political commentator shared a strange 43-minute-long rant on YouTube about his disagreements about the “woke” film and then included a segment of him setting fire to Barbie dolls.
He also stated that the 40-year-old filmmaker’s directional movie was “explicitly designed to divide men from women,” describing it as “angry feminist claptrap that alienates men from women.”
Gerwig – who broke the opening weekend record for a female director – actually shared a scathing response to the uproar from conservative pundits threatening to torch the Mattel dolls in an interview with the New York Times.
Certainly, there’s a lot of passion. My hope for the movie is that it’s an invitation for everybody to be part of the party and let go of the things that aren’t necessarily serving us as either women or men. I hope that in all of that passion if they see it or engage with it, it can give them some of the relief that it gave other people.
In addition to this, comedian Marc Maron also blasted men trying to cancel the movie in a TikTok video, stating that they have “got to look in their pants and decide what they’re made of,” and harshly adding: “I mean, Jesus Christ, what a bunch of f****** insecure babies.”
So, regardless of all the commotion, Barbie may soon become the biggest box office hit of the summer.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
As I said in the outset of this, I very rarely talk about this type of stuff because it is mostly a waste of all our time, and I have much bigger fish to fry. In this case, I kept seeing these goofy headlines that this movie was some new wave of feminism being pushed, and thus prompted me to quickly put this together.
[22] And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? [30] And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. [20] Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. [21] And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. [22] Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. 2 Kings 9:22, 30; Revelation 2:20-22
There is a reason why no one to this day names their daughter Jezebel, because she is the most vilest woman in the scriptures and her infamy is still known to this day; for she is the face of feminism and all of the evils that she brings.
I mention this because while, as I said, I have not seen the movie or dare to subject myself to it, because this same “spirit,” if you will, still continues to permeate throughout Hellywood and the media, and the population; empowering women to be some goddess pervert, to destroy the home, to despise who she is and how God made her; having contempt for man and children and that God created a woman to be. So it is therefore not surprising to see these things still ramrodded down people’s throats today; as it was the Barbie dolls themselves that helped to destroy and pervert the conscience and morals of young girls starting decades ago…
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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I obviously have no intention on watching this movie either to start with, but I thought that it was just supposed to be purely a comedic movie, especially after seeing the “Barbenheimer” meme go around on the Internet. I had no idea it was pushing the satanic ultra-feminism agenda at all. But, I’m not surprised.
But what a dumb thing for couples to break up over… a MOVIE, for crying out loud. Those stupid women should’ve figured out who the men were that they were dating to begin with for themselves, they shouldn’t have needed a ridiculous Hollywood movie to “reveal” it to them. What a bunch of dimwits.
Boy, I’m glad I’ve gotten away from Hollywood. Nothing ever changes with that bunch. And seriously, what else would you expect from Commiefornia? Nothing less!
Also, that first TikTard video was pure cringe. Why do people find that style of video entertaining?? Says a lot about society today…
“Tiktard.” I’ll have to remember that one lol.
I’ve heard the term used by some people online, that’s where I heard it from lol. I think it sums up that app perfectly.
Lol, “Ticktard”
I wouldn’t see Barbie if my next breath depended on it, even if it wasn’t Jezebel’s spirit being poured out from the big screen, it’s for girls and I am a full blooded man; but especially after I found out about the Jezebel feminist bewitchment (yes it’s bewitching and feminism is witchcraft) and the anti-Man brainwashing, I won’t touch it with a 10 and a half foot pole.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
1 Samuel 15:23
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and that’s what feminism (AKA the Jezebel spirit) is, witchcraft, rebellion, and perversion.
As for these brats who divorce and break up after seeing Barbie or because their husband/boyfriend refused to see it, they’re bewitched and they love it and they will sorely regret it.
Brother Cooley did a good teaching on this, concerning combatting it with scripture & with your own families & children in families and the local, free, called out assemblies. It’s some sort of psych-sorcerer, witchcraft Buddhist-lesbo idolatrous humanist garbage FULL of sophist terminology….and, yes, just hearing the recap read from wiki was ‘cringeworthy’.
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I can testify that God saves brats & bastards, and so can Brother Asquith out there at Black Creek Baptist. This movie is a real slave maker & will cause a lot of folks brainwashed into ‘living in the now’ as they put it into doing REALLY stupid, even evil, stuff when they’re young that will destroy them in the end.
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Proverbs is extremely edifying for the young with regard to this. It’s really just part of the backlash on the decline of Romans 1, first the men go pornified &/or effeminate….the women react to the lack of proper headship & betrayal as with the original Laodicea & the whole thing goes off the rails. Consequential judgment. All philosophy comes out of those mysteries as they call them….then scientize them.
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Anyways, ‘Barbie’ has an ‘existential crisis’….and ‘Lean on Me’ gets taken to the nth degree… and next level.
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The ‘Christian’ response to it also reveals just how far the loss of natural affection & coarsening of conscience, the coldness, has gone amongst those calling themselves ‘Christian’, swinging immediately into the Augustinian Catholic self-righteousness. The male dominant sods are ALWAYS the real power at the inner core, they always encourage porn, & the ‘consorts’ …..or those who try to do manhood themselves as women pretending to be men….don’t fare so well as they’d imagined. Nor the poor children caught up in it.
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There are a lot of Jonah’s. Ever think that the Lord might be fixing up some persecution & whales just for such types here at the end?
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Just as they ‘psych’ and set up the ‘people of color’ etc…..this one women & children will pay for, & not just the guilty. The Lord is not pleased at their absolute abandonment. Millstones come to mind.
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As Bill Grady recently pointed out: all that are left for the Christian yet fishing seem to be minnows, & the waves & undertows are brutal in the shallow water near the shore, but Paul wrote young Timothy from his imprisonment, the Lord showing him that his Roman citizenship & political refuge aided him & the spread of the Gospel only so far, & he knew that his death was imminent. He urged the people to pray. And, who is out there warning such down and outers as they accused Jesus of hobnobbing with, a friend of harlots and tax collectors/IRS agents?
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The mention of Claudia, Pudens & Linus ties directly to the fulfillment of Psalm 12 with the King James Bible. She was from Brittania, & they became Christians at the preaching of Paul, bearing the Gospel back to England. And every dispensation ends in men failing with all the glory being of God.
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2Ti 4:1 ¶ I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2Ti 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
2Ti 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
2Ti 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
2Ti 4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
2Ti 4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
2Ti 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
2Ti 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
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2Ti 4:9 ¶ Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
2Ti 4:10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
2Ti 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
2Ti 4:12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
2Ti 4:13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
2Ti 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
2Ti 4:15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.
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2Ti 4:16 ¶ At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
2Ti 4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
2Ti 4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
2Ti 4:19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
2Ti 4:20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
2Ti 4:21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
2Ti 4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.
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Not many get saved, and the number slims further as many choose some idol jesus & cult as men-followers, but some still do…..and it takes a LOT of scattered seed to reach one….even out of garbage such as that described here. Who’s warning anybody?
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I’ll tell you what reached me: the sweetness of the Gospel. I was already battered by consequence & beating myself against the Law. All I heard in the rancor of certain Christian types was more of the world’s self-righteousness & dog-eat-dog. I was on the edge, listening to a certain Christian group singing how they ‘wanted America back from those who have no self-control’…and praying, Lord, I don’t want to be like those people.
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He flooded my mind with the scripture, what I’d gleaned from tracts over years, even some gold from the false churches & corrupted scriptures yet remaining contributing from the long, sorry trek seeking truth….and something clean, & pure. With himself, & I knew the choice was for him, not for them, and that particular struggle was over & my feet were back on the Rock.
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Don’t allow the world & all of this to coarsen you. Stay close with the Lord in his word, & do not neglect the New Testament & Psalms.
I had zero interest in seeing the Barbie movie before, but after reading this article, maybe I’ll go!
I grew up in the era when being a girl was definitely a vastly different experience than being a boy. Girls weren’t supposed to engage in vigorous play, express their opinions, take pride in their accomplishments, orb be educated. We couldn’t even eat our fill at meals (especially in public) because “taking too much food was ‘greedy’ and ‘un-ladylike’ ”. Girls were raised (and often still are) under the “soft tyranny” of lower academic expectations, while boys were (and often still are) raised under the soft tyranny of lower social behavior expectations.
Raising girls to “be seen but not heard” deprives society of half of its intellect and talent. But I can understand why the other half gets hot under the collar when threatened with removal of its de facto slave support system. Men don’t want to live the lives they push off on women, and that’s why they must create stories and excuses about how much “better” for women the unequal society is, while demonize the females who reject or object. Better to live without the brainpower and productivity women bring to society than to live without the fantasy that the male is the fulcrum around which society revolves.
Interesting that the Bible makes so many disparaging references to women and treats women with such disregard (for example, by always carefully recording the names of mens and fathers, but often leaving out the names of women or mothers). This, despite the fact that Jesus’ ministry was supported and financed primarily by women. Women also preached his gospel even when men were afraid to. But the men who wrote the Bible jealousy pushed the women out and appropriated the stories and power for themselves. Much like the male pilots in WWII hogged all the glory of flying and combat, and pretty much wrote the WASP and the Russian Night Witches – the two groups of female aviators without whom the Christian Allies would not have won the war – out of history. Sadly, although great strides towards equality have been made, some of the same old drumbeat still goes on.
Hearing all the male fuss about Barbie brings to my mind the comic image of a frustrated Alpha male gorilla or chimpanzee pathetically trying to intimidate the troupe’s females after they’ve decided that he’s been too full of himself and they’ve had enough of him. They can’t overpower him physically, but when they collectively “turn their backs” on him and let him know they’re no longer on speaking terms, he’ll fly into a rage and attempt to physically threaten them into submission. Only if that doesn’t work will be finally, dejectedly calm down and stop behaving like a selfish ass. Once he’s finally shown that he’s learned to behave himself, the females will thaw and re-accept him. Might b a lesson in there somewhere for the male human primate.
Proverbs 9:13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
You clearly have never read the Bible. A woman is placed in high regard and honor in the scriptures, but you wouldn’t know that because you spend more timing fretting your heart against the Lord and his word. For every so-called “disparaging’ verse about women, I can more than quadruple that for the men at least. Need I remind that God manifest in the flesh was born of the seed of the woman?
Galatians 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,