Diary of a Gen Z student: Lay off the cheap shots at Barbie — it's not a silly, girly thing

Koy’s Golden Globes ‘Barbie’ joke felt like a dismissal of women

Jane Cowan is a student at Trinity College Dublin, where she is in her second year, studying English. 

I remember the goosebumps I had listening to America Ferrera’s speech in the Barbie movie. “It is literally impossible to be a woman... We have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we’re always doing it wrong... You have to never get old, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never fall down, never fail, never show fear, never get out of line.”

I think every woman nodded their head knowingly, listening to that. I got quite emotional when I heard it the first time. It felt like she was reading from some sort of diary shared by all women. Because she so perfectly articulates a woman’s experience.