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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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El Hunt

From Birkenstocks to Indigo Girls - the queerest moments in the Barbie movie

Since Barbie’s trailer first laid down the groundwork for the ultimate dilemma earlier this year – stilettos or Birkenstocks – there has been heaps of speculation around the possible LGBTQ+ themes that could emerge in Greta Gerwig’s hot pink blockbuster.

Could we look forward to Ken trotting off into the gaudy sunset on horseback, arm in arm with another Ken? Was Barbie on the verge of arriving at an important personal realisation during ‘girls night’ in the Dreamhouse?

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