Hi friends! It's Estefi, welcome to the August Live Q&A!

Hi Barbie, Oh Hi Ken 👋🏽

The theme this month is Barbie, the latest movie, will share our thoughts and of course, you know me I'll bring some good off-tangents for us to munch on.

I (Estefi) have watched the movie twice and Meijun just watched it, I went to the movie theatre the second time with a notebook jaja #nerdalert

Since some people on our Instagram were asking for our thoughts on the movie and this was such a fun watch to chit chat about even if you haven't watched it, because the marketing of this movie has been wild. So, 🥁drumroll please 🥁 we've decided to invite those IG friends who were interested in chatting to the Live session, so it will be our first member and non-member Live Q&A. We've honestly wanted to do this before but it never felt quite right 🥺 so this is a dream!

We will have this Q&A be a Roundtable Style so come prepared to chat your thoughts and opinions, if you can't join us live no worries we will upload it as usual but this time we will have this recording up on the public feed of The Community. eeeeeek 👏🏽 so exciting, this is a new addition for you non-members who want to get a little taste of what's inside...

The only mandatory thing about this is that you come ready to talk spoilers, be warned if you haven't watched.

BUT!!!

If you haven't watched the movie or HONESTLY even more if you have I recommend you give this podcast episode a listen. It is a bit long but at the end, they interview Greta Gerwig the director of Barbie and I really learned a lot of the behind-the-scenes of the movie from this episode.

I'll lead the discussion with the help of my notes of things that stood out during the movie, key scenes, theories I want us to chat about, and other good stuff that I'm sure I will find throughout the internet as I prepare even more for this Q&A. It does feel like I was born to host this one. Of course, you all and Meijun will "raise your hand" on Google Meets and share your thoughts throughout so it's really fun and everyone gets to share what comes to their mind.

Here are the details for the call:

Wednesday, August 30 · 11:00am – 12:00pm Time zone: America/Guayaquil

Google Meet joining info: https://meet.google.com/nfb-tfwv-cop

Thank you for your time and excitement! Also below you can find more goodies...

Love you,

Estefi from Uni Creative

Optional Extra Goodies To Prepare for the Live Q&A Chat:

We watched the documentary "Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie" a few years ago in The Community and of course, now that the Barbie movie is out and has taken the world by storm I thought it would be nice to share the documentary links for you to watch, directly from Barbie Headquarters when they were pitching the idea of the Curvy Barbie. Aaaaaaaaand, I also wanted to share some fun articles related to the recent explosive release of the Barbie movie.

Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie

Here's a link to the trailer, I personally loved the documentary because it touched on branding, brand building, communication, society, social issues, diet culture, play, childhood, reacting to your audience's needs, and changing things up in the industry you are in. It may seem like a small step right now but we have to remember that the effect of this "small" step will be felt by other generations for years to come.

What do you have to do? 

1. Watch the documentary on Hulu, Apple TV or search your own way ooooorrr I found this link online definitely don't click on any other links or images in it jaja

2. Take Notes if possible, prepare to share during the chat, and share them down here of course if you want!

Barbie Hoax Targets Mattel and Fools Some News Outlets

The false campaign by environmental activists claimed that the toy giant was launching a new line of decomposable Barbies and would stop using plastic by 2030.

Read the full article here.

A fake Greta Thunberg Barbie from the news release photos. Credit...Barbie Liberation Organization

You have to check out the promo video for the campaign here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi-FpeUByHs

‘Barbie’ Map Controversy: Warner Bros. Explains the Drawing That Got the Film Banned in Vietnam

"The childlike map, with chalk-scribbled dolphins and even a hashtag bobbing around Earth’s vast bodies of water, drew the ire of cinema gatekeepers in Vietnam this week. The drawing depicts what has been called a representation of the “nine dash line,” which reinforces China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea (there are only eight lines in the “Barbie” map, and not in the shape dictated by actual global maps). Vietnam disputes those claims and believes it violates the country’s sovereignty. Officials subsequently pulled the release of “Barbie” in the territory."

Here's the full article where they break this down a bit more.