“Here’s a question: Why ‘Barbie Girl’ by Aqua?” Ah, the song choice. She’d thought it a perfect metaphor. “Dolls have no free will—they are mere objects to be played with,” she explained. “ ‘I’m a Barbie girl in a Barbie world’ sounds fun and upbeat, but there’s a dark truth beneath the synthesizers. A Barbie girl has no say in her fate. In fact, the singer addresses her unknown master directly in the lyrics: ‘life is your creation.’ ” She paused to let that sink in. “Your creation, she says, not my creation.”
