The Enduring Appeal of Barbie
Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders
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The Importance of Subversion in the Making of Barbie
Nicki Minaj is doing Barbie while the butt is larger than life. The antithesis of what Barbie has been sold to us as mild mannered, high achieving white woman. She changes her voice half of every song, you know, it's like she's just doing so much to beautifully subvert the idea of what Barbie means. All of the Barbie's pretty. One of the babbies is bad. And we can land tech.
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