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Apr 17Liked by Oliver Tompkins Ray

Good essay into a period that runs from close to my mother’s birth, (certainly my grandmothers), through mine then on to my daughters and now granddaughters. What a trajectory.

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Apr 17Liked by Oliver Tompkins Ray

Wow so cool Olivia seems like a a thoughtful young student 👏

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Apr 22Liked by Oliver Tompkins Ray

This is spot on. I feel the widely popular Barbie movie is an example of the current "girlboss" and abounded in and overlooked its use of the aesthetic-woman stereotype, similar to Rosie the Riveter. It had its moments, but portraying men as ignorant dolts hardly accomplishes salient success for women.

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Apr 17Liked by Oliver Tompkins Ray

“She is not naked as she is. She is naked as the spectator sees her.” Girl boss aesthetic! Brilliant!

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Apr 17Liked by Oliver Tompkins Ray

This is soooo on-point, thank you Olivia!

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