The girls have been VERY into creating dramatic scenes with Barbie dolls. (I do realize that there are tons of problematic issues with Barbie, including her completely unrealistic body shape. With Ellie not a Barbie could be found in our residence. By the fourth child, unfortunately, exhaustion has set in and it has won out over values.) Typically Barbie play involves a LOT of back story created by Lotta in long monologues while Zibbi jumps around trying (and often failing) to get a word in edge wise.
Yesterday I brought home a small bag of Barbie clothes from the thrift store to augment their play. Of course, the Barbies then had to be changed immediately. Benja, as per usual, had an informative video he needed to show me right away so that I could understand more fully how the US has messed up pretty much everything. (I like to say instead of parental rebellion, he is rebelling against the nation.) Suddenly, Zibbi very proudly held up the newly outfitted Barbie and proclaimed, "Anyone would want to marry her now." Wow. I could totally feel RBG rolling in her grave. I had to defer unpacking THAT statement.
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