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Barbie, beautiful and blonde and dressed in pink, looks into a mirror that doesn't have glass in it.

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Forever 2014

What we get mad about when we get mad about Barbie's Oscar snubs

By Emily St. James 07 Feb 2024

J. Robert Oppenheimer, played by Cillian Murphy, stares into the camera while smoking in this black-and-white image.

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What we discourse about when we discourse about Barbenheimer

The discourses around Barbie and Oppenheimer have followed very similar patterns.

By Emily St. James 23 Aug 2023

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