Edel Coffey: Barbie's movie-star turn sees her transcend everyday politics

"The trailer brought to mind a RuPaul quote: 'With all the darkness that’s going on in the world, you can look at the darkness — don’t stare. It will make you crazy. It will make you cross-eyed. It will make you what it is. The solution is to create magic, dance, sing, love, create environments where you can find joy because you can create joy.'"

Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in Barbie (2023).

At the time of writing, I am inexplicably excited about Barbie, the movie. I wasn’t even a Barbie girl as a child. 

I was a Sindy girl. Sindy was considered a better role model for girls by my mother.