Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig ’s 2023 blockbuster Barbie broke records, influenced fashion, boosted the doll’s sales and sparked countless public discussions and impassioned speeches about womanhood.
But not everyone was impressed by the film’s global appeal. For Shakira and her sons Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9, it was a metaphorical punch in themagazine, the 47-year-old ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ singer sided with Ken and those who felt their manhood was jeopardised. “My sons absolutely hated it. They felt that it was emasculating. And I agree, to a certain extent,” she told the publication, as her “she-wolf feminism”