Barbie, Part Three
Jul. 30th, 2023 08:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingI'm still thinking about how much I hate this movie, sorry.
There's a recurring joke about how the main "human" character, a grown Gen X woman, is married to an Anglo man who is trying to learn Spanish for her sake but is very bad it at.
I just want to say that joke sucks.
It's such an amazing experience to learn languages! Even as an adult! Sometimes it's hard, and sometimes you make mistakes, but that's okay! Being able to speak different languages is magical, and everyone who wants to learn should try! Studying a language isn't "cultural appropriation," and there is literally not a single non-American human being on this earth who is going to judge you for speaking a language other than English. Please study Spanish! Or Arabic, or Chinese, or whatever you like! Do it for your friends, do it for your partner, or just do it for yourself! It's super fun to study a language you didn't grow up speaking, and it will make your world so much larger and more interesting.
There's a recurring joke about how the main "human" character, a grown Gen X woman, is married to an Anglo man who is trying to learn Spanish for her sake but is very bad it at.
I just want to say that joke sucks.
It's such an amazing experience to learn languages! Even as an adult! Sometimes it's hard, and sometimes you make mistakes, but that's okay! Being able to speak different languages is magical, and everyone who wants to learn should try! Studying a language isn't "cultural appropriation," and there is literally not a single non-American human being on this earth who is going to judge you for speaking a language other than English. Please study Spanish! Or Arabic, or Chinese, or whatever you like! Do it for your friends, do it for your partner, or just do it for yourself! It's super fun to study a language you didn't grow up speaking, and it will make your world so much larger and more interesting.
