Barbie as Portal Fantasy—and What That Means for Greta Gerwig’s Narnia Adaptation
C.S. Lewis’s adored classic now shares space with Barbie as part of the subgenre of portal fantasy.

C.S. Lewis’s adored classic now shares space with Barbie as part of the subgenre of portal fantasy.

Underneath Barbie’s hot pink text of third-wave feminism, there’s a juicy subtext that values female embodied experience.

This discovery of getting to know someone and liking her, rather than dismissing her out of hand is the real, overarching lesson of the film.

Gerwig’s recent adaptation of Little Women echoes the Bible’s ability to hold within its pages quite a variety of ideas on marriage and singleness.

Wade & Kevin review Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women along with The Safdie Brothers A24 film with Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems.
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