Feminism and Citizenship: Barbie’s Philosophical World
Sunday November 3 at 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm EST
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Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for eleven weeks as we read and discuss classic philosophical texts in conjunction with brief scenes from Barbie.
All the Kens will head to the polls and vote to change the Constitution to a government for the Kens, of the Kens, and by the Kens!
As the Kens move to legally legitimate their institution of patriarchy, we might wonder just how a government by and for Kens might differ from one by and for Barbies—and why the Kens also leave out Allan. In her article “Context Is All: Feminism and Theories of Citizenship,” Northwestern professor Mary Dietz interrogates the ways in which our society has treated citizens as normatively masculine, and how feminism can offer a more inclusive vision.
- In what ways are liberal societies normatively masculine?
- How can feminism be a more inclusive vision?
- What do feminist views of society have in common with Aristotle?
Before the session, please check out the following:
- Pages 74-102 of the Barbie screenplay and/or these clips where the Kens declare their takeover and the Barbies put their constitution back
- Mary Dietz, “Context Is All: Feminism and Theories of Citizenship”
