{"id":14750,"date":"2023-09-14T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=14750"},"modified":"2023-09-15T00:00:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T04:00:36","slug":"discussion-on-barbie-and-feminism-sept-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2023\/09\/14\/discussion-on-barbie-and-feminism-sept-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion on Barbie and Feminism, Sept. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Barbie movie has been celebrated as a feminist manifesto, decried as anti-male propaganda and criticized as &#8220;faux feminism.&#8221; But its impact and reach as a pop culture sensation are undeniable.<\/p>\n<p>Why? What about the movie is striking a chord with so many women? Why is it making some viewers uncomfortable? Does it go far enough in its feminist message? Is it a feminist movie at all?<\/p>\n<p>Join the Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies Program for a talk with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/people\/university\/clae\/english\/full-time-faculty\/amanda-hiber\">Amanda Hiber<\/a>, co-director of the program, for a talk which will be followed by a discussion on <strong>Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 5 p.m.<\/strong> in the Fountain Lounge of the Student Union.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-14751\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/Barbie-and-feminism-crop.png?resize=965%2C1002&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A pink graphic featuring cinema tickets and movie reels, with big text reading Barbie. Other text reads, join the Women's and Gender Studies Program for a talk by Prof. Hiber follow by a discussion of Barbie and Feminism, Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 5 p.m., Fountain Lounge, Feminist Thought, Pink Snacks and Zero Kenergy.\" width=\"965\" height=\"1002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/Barbie-and-feminism-crop.png?resize=289%2C300&amp;ssl=1 289w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/Barbie-and-feminism-crop.png?resize=768%2C796&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/Barbie-and-feminism-crop.png?resize=1481%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1481w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/Barbie-and-feminism-crop.png?resize=530%2C550&amp;ssl=1 530w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/Barbie-and-feminism-crop.png?w=1545&amp;ssl=1 1545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies Program for a talk with Amanda Hiber, co-director of the program, for a talk which will be followed by a discussion on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 5 p.m. in the Fountain Lounge of the Student Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":14751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[6133,350,355,5708,353],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/Barbie-and-feminism-crop.png?fit=1545%2C1602&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-3PU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14752,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14750\/revisions\/14752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}