Sarah Vine: Barbie is every little girl’s gateway drug to a lifetime of self-loathing

At the risk of sounding like a humourless old bat, what is all this Barbie hysteria? Why are so many grown women gushing like pre-pubescent fan-girls at the idea of another fully grown woman (Margot Robbie) playing the part of an anatomically impossible plastic doll?

Everywhere you look, it’s Barbie this, Barbie that, Barbie as a cultural phenomenon, Barbie as post-modern ironic feminist icon, Barbie as a global marketing juggernaut.

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