Capitalism has a long history of appropriating and commodifying social movements

"There's so many things that have been placed upon Barbie and I hope after this, people use Barbie to examine themselves and their place in the world."

A few weeks ago, a picture of Ryan Gosling posing as Ken Doll, broke the internet. From his hair to his clean shiny face, everything spoke of Barbie perfect. However, moviegoers now have the daughter of Ryan Gosling to thank for his upcoming plastic perfect role of Ken.