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Claim: Claims Trey Gowdy made a statement defending the transgender military ban (Viral Quote, 2019-11-08)
Evidence (2024-07-29): Fox News host Trey Gowdy practically begged Vance to apologize for his 2021 remarks about the Democratic Party being run by "childless cat ladies" who supposedly have no "direct stake" in the country because they don’t have kids. "It’s important for us to be pro-family as a country," Vance said on "Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy." "Of course, for a whole host of reasons, it’s not going to work out for some people. We should pray for those people and of course have sympathy for them." [...] "Those of us who talk for a living make mistakes. We say things that, in hindsight, we might phrase differently, better, or not at all," Gowdy said.
Claim: Claims Trey Gowdy made a statement defending the transgender military ban (Viral Quote, 2019-11-08)
Evidence (2019-09-19): STATEMENT OF AMY SWEARER
Claim: Claims Trey Gowdy made a statement defending the transgender military ban (Viral Quote, 2019-11-08)
Evidence (2020-08-20): Jennifer Levi - Levi is the director of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)'s Transgender Rights Project and a nationally recognized expert on transgender legal issues. She is one of two transgender attorneys leading the legal fight against President Trump's transgender military ban in both Doe v. Trump and Stockman v. Trump. Levi's precedent-setting transgender rights cases include: O'Donnabhain v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (2010), which established that medical care relating to gender transition qualifies for a medical tax deduction; Adams v. Bureau of Prisons (2011), which successfully challenged a federal prison policy excluding medical care for 2019 transgender inmates who came into the system without a transition-related medical plan; and Doe v. Clenchy (2014), in which the first state high court ruled that a transgender girl must be fully integrated into her public elementary school as a girl, including having full and equal access to restrooms. In Doe v. MA DOC, Levi currently represents an incarcerated transgender woman seeking to be transferred to a women's correctional facility who is challenging the exclusion of transgender people from the protections of the American with Disabilities Act.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-09-11): The photo has been digitally altered. There is no evidence the New York Times reported on this.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2024-01-24): Since the 2024 Academy Award nominations were announced Tuesday, Barbie fans have been quick to point out that the lack of nominations for director Greta Gerwig and titular actor Margot Robbie felt like an ironic snub. The summer blockbuster racked up eight nominations, among them Ryan Gosling’s acknowledgement in the Best Supporting Actor category. But a nod for Ken and not Barbie, in a film that touches on the infiltration of patriarchy, felt a little on the nose for some observers. It was strongly felt that Gerwig should be in the Best Director category, and that Robbie should be recognised alongside her fellow actresses. [...] The original version of this story quoted a post on X that misstated Greta Gerwig's role with Barbie. She was an executive producer, not a producer.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2024-01-23): It’s worth noting that Robbie was nominated as a producer for "Barbie" and Gerwig was nominated for best adapted screenplay, but that doesn’t alter how enraging this all is. There are so many reasons to feel incredulous: Gerwig (who was nominated as best director for "Lady Bird" but was likewise snubbed for "Little Women") set a new record for highest-grossing female-directed film at the domestic box office, for god’s sake. And yes, the Academy has always seemed slightly allergic to mainstream, feel-good hits, but "Barbie" felt poised to clear that hurdle with its sheer cross-generational appeal. Who didn’t love the movie, besides reactionary right-wing dorks? [...] I’ve always been struck by the dissonance between the best picture and best director categories. This happens every year now, because there are twice as many pictures nominated as directors. But this instance seems particularly egregious. Every frame of "Barbie" feels like a Gerwig creation, a sunny yet subversive take on an iconic aspect of American girlhood. You cannot separate director and picture here. Or I guess you can, but it sure as hell doesn’t mean you should.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-10-09): Barbie director Greta Gerwig with Noah Baumbach • Who directed Barbie [...] America Ferrera in Barbie • Barbie movie director "Everybody is afraid they’re going to put a foot wrong and it’s all going to come crashing down," Gerwig says of the scene. "In that moment of doing that monologue, she was giving people permission to step off that tightrope." [...] Barbie is a testament to the power of a director with a strong vision and collaborative attitude. Though these two qualities may seem to be in opposition, filmmakers like Gerwig show that it is their synthesis that makes a great director. Gerwig knew what she wanted, and encouraged her talented crew to run with it.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2024-01-30): Being based on a doll really hurt Barbie at the Oscars. Although the film was nominated for best picture, Greta Gerwig was snubbed as director and Margot Robbie left out of the best actress category, omissions that caused a flood of outrage on the internet and from their colleagues. The Associated Press called Gerwig's snub "one of the biggest shocks in recent memory". Some fans took it out on Ken. As USA Today pointed out, quoting a user on X, Ryan Gosling being nominated for supporting actor while Gerwig and Robbie were left out "kind of proves the point of the movie", that the patriarchy is still with us. Gosling, Ken himself, said in a statement: "There is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally-celebrated film". - Gerwig's 'bold, inventive' Barbie breaks the mould [...] And even before the nominations were announced, there were hints that Barbie's originality would be underestimated. The first came when the Academy ruled that Gerwig and Noah Baumbach’s inspired screenplay belonged in the adapted category (where it received a nomination) and not original. Whether it was tone-deaf to the script's inventiveness or just foolishly rigid, the executive committee of the Academy's Writers Branch said that the movie was based on a previously existing character, that is, a doll.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-07-26): Emerging from a pink-hued fever dream and a box-office smash, Greta Gerwig is unpacking the success of "Barbie." One thing the director did not anticipate having to discuss, though, is how right-wing pundits have bashed her feminist take on Mattel’s iconic doll and burned the toys in protest. [...] Haters who think ‘Barbie’ hates men are misunderstanding Greta Gerwig’s feminist movie. It’s actually pretty generous toward them. The conservative pushback to the film, though, has not stopped "Barbie’s" real-life domination at the box office. The film, starring Margot Robbie as the titular IP and Ryan Gosling as Ken, earned a whopping $162 million in the U.S. and Canada in its opening weekend, a figure that exceeded the studio’s preliminary estimate of $155 million and outpaced "Oppenheimer." It’s been praised by critics, with many applauding Gerwig’s direct take on Mattel’s oft-problematic doll, the company’s cooperation, as well as its transcendent message for women, mothers and daughters.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-06-27): When it was announced in 2021 that Greta Gerwig, who directed the Oscar-nominated coming-of-age stories Lady Bird and Little Women, would helm Barbie, fans were confused, surprised, and delighted. Maybe the movie would be an idiosyncratic, subversive, even feminist take on the doll, not just a commercial for Mattel. But like Barbie, the movie’s existence is an exercise in contradictions. [...] Whatever audiences ultimately think of Barbie, Gerwig still can’t seem to believe she got away with making this version. "This movie is a goddamn miracle," she says. She calls it a "surprising spicy margarita." By the time you realize the salted rim has cayenne mixed in, it’s too late. "You can already taste the sweetness and you sort of go with the spice."
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2024-01-04): The story they landed on, a hero’s journey that follows the titular doll as she starts to question her own reality in the Technicolor matriarchy that is Barbie Land (Gerwig’s fixations made themselves apparent with Barbie’s now-infamous question, "Do you guys ever think about dying?") and journeys to the Real World for clarity, is silly, surreal and sentimental. It asks its audience how children play — and why adults stop playing. It also wonders, often, "Who is Ken?" (And why is he Kenning so hard?) To Gerwig, he’s like Eve, created out of Barbie, as an afterthought to Barbie, in a sort of gender-flipped Garden of Eden. "On the toy box it just said, ‘Ken is Barbie’s boyfriend,’ and I thought that was so odd," she says with delight. "He has no references other than her." [...] Ferrera’s first copy of the Barbie script included a note from Gerwig: "I wrote a Barbie movie, hear me out," she remembers with a laugh. She was taken by the self-deprecation imbued in that — the title page said "Barbie," with "And Ken" written and crossed out underneath, and Gerwig and Baumbach opened by acknowledging that the document was long, but they promised the dialogue would move quickly.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-08-09): ‘Barbie’ Makes History, Becoming First Billion-Dollar Movie Directed Solely by a Woman [...] Now, the doll has helped a real woman hit an industry milestone: The blockbuster Barbie movie earned $1 billion after just 17 days, making Greta Gerwig the first woman to have a sole directing credit on a billion-dollar film. (She also scored the biggest ever opening weekend for a woman director, according to CBS News.)
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2022-12-16): In her cover interview for British Vogue’s August 2021 issue, Robbie admitted that creating a live-action Barbie film "comes with a lot of baggage" as well as "a lot of nostalgic connections." "But with that come[s] a lot of exciting ways to attack it. People generally hear ‘Barbie’ and think, ‘I know what that movie is going to be,’ and then they hear that Greta Gerwig is writing and directing it, and they’re like, ‘Oh, well, maybe I don’t…’" It’s no secret that the franchise’s lack of diversity has historically proved controversial, too—and is something that Gerwig will need to tackle head-on in the film. [...] Barbie and everyone in her orbit have a detailed backstory. The doll—whose full name is, of course, Barbara Millicent Roberts—hails from a fictional town in Wisconsin, is a Pisces, and has had more than 200 careers according to Mattel, which have ranged from firefighter to CEO to surgeon. She also travelled into space in 1965, ran for president in 1992, and separated from Ken in 2004 before reconciling with him in 2011. Based on the outfits that Robbie has been photographed wearing on set, it does look like Gerwig will be referencing specific iterations of the doll through the years—see Hot Skatin’ Barbie from 1994—although she will doubtless be putting her own spin on things.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-07-26): Greta Gerwig told The New York Times that watching her "Barbie" movie become a historic comedy blockbuster has been "so amazing." The film debuted to a whopping $162 million, breaking the opening weekend record for a female director. It then scored $26 million on its first Monday after release, setting a new Warner Bros. in-house record for the studio’s top Monday grosser. [...] With broken records and critical acclaim, conversations around "Barbie" are already turning towards a potential sequel. The New York Times asked Gerwig if "Barbie" is "the start of a franchise" or "a complete story with a definitive ending." The director and co-writer gave no definitive answer but said she’s not thinking about a follow-up at this time. [...] Gerwig also weighed in on the conservative backlash that has erupted over the movie. Prominent conservative figures like podcaster Matt Walsh have condemned "Barbie" as "the most aggressively anti-man, feminist propaganda fest ever put to film." Ben Shapiro posted a viral video on social media in which he set Barbie dolls on fire with a barbecue lighter while railing against the movie.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-07-26): Greta Gerwig’s Barbie grossed a record-breaking $155 million domestically — and $377 million internationally — in its first weekend. The blockbuster film also crushed right-wing efforts to boycott the film for its "man-hating" and "woke feminism," and Barbie has since driven her pink Corvette over the delicate egos of outraged conservatives to score the biggest film debut of 2023. While Gerwig didn’t anticipate the right-wing backlash, she continues to maintain that Barbie is for all. "Certainly, there’s a lot of passion," the director told The New York Times when asked about conservatives who have taken to publicly burning Mattel dolls in protest. "My hope for the movie is that it’s an invitation for everybody to be part of the party and let go of the things that aren’t necessarily serving us as either women or men." [...] Ginger Gaetz, the wife of Rep. Matt Gaetz (who can’t say Margot Robbie is hot without being transphobic), criticized Barbie for neglecting "to address any notion of faith or family," and "disappointingly low T" (testosterone) and "beta energy" from Ryan Gosling’s Ken.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-09-15): A photo shared on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, alleges the New York Times reported "Barbie" director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with men turning movie character Ken "into an icon." [...] An X image purportedly shows a New York Times article reporting that Gerwig is unhappy with the popularity of movie character Ken among her male audience. The tweet has almost 300k views. "Greta Gerwig is not happy with men turning Ken from her film ‘Barbie’ into an icon," the alleged headline reads. Text underneath claims Gerwig said, "You spend so much time crafting a film for women and girls around the world so you can inspire them and then incels online culturally appropriate it."
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Barbie[a] is a 2023 fantasy comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig from a screenplay she wrote with Noah Baumbach. Based on the eponymous fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous animated films and specials. Starring Margot Robbie as the title character and Ryan Gosling as Ken, the film follows them on a journey of self-discovery through Barbieland and the real world following an existential crisis. It is also a commentary regarding patriarchy and the effects of feminism. The supporting cast includes America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell. [...] - ^ Olsen, Mark (July 11, 2023). "Ryan Gosling and Greta Gerwig on how Ken became the subversive center of 'Barbie'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 21, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-07-26): Barbie is a box-office success and has been receiving positive reviews for its diversity, inclusion and positive message. However, certain political circles have taken aim at the Greta Gerwig-directed film and the director is giving her take on the backlash. [...] Gerwig also opened up about casting Ryan Gosling to play Ken opposite Margot Robbie. The filmmaker said she saw Gosling in a Saturday Night Live sketch that gave her all the Kenergy to have the actor portray "Beach Ken." [...] Gerwig revealed that she wrote the Ken part with Gosling in mind adding, "We wrote his name into the script and everything… and [Gosling’s name] was everywhere. And then when we handed them the script, the studio was like ‘Oh, it’s so wonderful that you know Ryan.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t know Ryan. I’ve never met Ryan, I have no idea.'"
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-12-15): Look past the muddled feminism and the pro forma blockbuster car-chase scene and Barbie still feels laden with Gerwig’s main considerations. In an interview with Rolling Stone, she pointed not to Gloria’s big moment but to the second monologue, delivered by Robbie’s Barbie at the end of the movie, as the key to understanding it all. By now, Barbie Land has been restored. Barbies maintain control of everything, and Kens cannot live in the Dreamhouse, though Barbie does offer Ken an equality bone; not every night has to be girls’ night. But even though Barbie Land is still a matriarchal utopia and the real world is still horrible to women, Barbie chooses to leave. She doesn’t want to be an idea; she wants to be the one doing the imagining, she says tearily over a home-video montage of women at various life stages being happy. Better to be the director than the muse.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-07-21): "Barbie," director and co-writer Greta Gerwig’s summer splash, is a dazzling achievement, both technically and in tone. It’s a visual feast that succeeds as both a gleeful escape and a battle cry. So crammed with impeccable attention to detail is "Barbie" that you couldn’t possibly catch it all in a single sitting; you’d have to devote an entire viewing just to the accessories, for example. The costume design (led by two-time Oscar winner Jacqueline Durran) and production design (led by six-time Oscar nominee Sarah Greenwood) are constantly clever and colorful, befitting the ever-evolving icon, and cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (a three-time Oscar nominee) gives everything a glossy gleam. It’s not just that Gerwig & Co. have recreated a bunch of Barbies from throughout her decades-long history, outfitted them with a variety of clothing and hairstyles, and placed them in pristine dream houses. It’s that they’ve brought these figures to life with infectious energy and a knowing wink.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-07-21): Advertisement 'Barbie' director Greta Gerwig explains how the movie deconstructs a toy icon [...] Greta Gerwig’s "Barbie" takes on the iconic doll and all her issues — with a bit of seriousness and a whole lot of camp. [...] "I want the movie to make people feel somewhat relieved of the tightrope. We ask ourselves — not just as women, men too — that we walk this impossible tightrope of being perfect," Gerwig says. "Barbie has always been a symbol of this thing that you could never reach because she physically couldn't stand up if she were a human being. So I wanted it to almost invert that formula and find a way that it gave you permission to just be yourself and know that that's enough."
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-07-28): Greta Gerwig does not look at Mattel’s iconic doll, and her "boyfriend" Ken, strictly as archetypes of women and men. Barbieland seems like an idyllic haven for Margot Robbie’s Barbie and her friends, but when thoughts start to get heavy, and she finds herself faced with the real world, she realizes that nothing is as perfect as it seems. This film could have coasted by on being a silly comedy, or been a girl power adventure, but Gerwig and Noah Baumbach want to dig deeper into the ways in which society pigeonholes both women and men while also making a delightfully energetic comedy. The ways women can take different messages from Barbie as an icon, and how Ken represents both internalized and externalized forms of toxic masculinity, are profound thematic takeaways from this film, and Gerwig is a born filmmaker capable of juggling all of them in a film as beautifully visualized, and delightfully enjoyable, as this one.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-07-25): These reactions have reached Barbie director Greta Gerwig. In an interview with the New York Times following the film's release, Greta addressed the right-wing responses.
Claim: The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon (Viral Post, 2023-09-11)
Evidence (2023-07-26): From the Magazine Digital Covers ‘Barbie’ Director Greta Gerwig Addresses Right-Wing Backlash and Reveals How She Knew Ryan Gosling was Her Perfect Ken The director wants "everybody to be part of the party" By Angel Saunders Angel Saunders Angel Saunders has been a writer at PEOPLE since 2023. She’s previously worked at iHeartMedia, IndieWire, and REVOLT. People Editorial Guidelines Updated on July 26, 2023 02:45PM EDT Close Ryan Gosling, Margot Robbie, and 'Barbie' director Greta Gerwig. Photo: Jaap Buitendijk Barbie has proven to be a box office hit. The Mattel-themed movie became the biggest debut ever for a film directed by a woman after earning a reported $162 million during its opening weekend, per Variety. But that doesn’t mean filmmaker Greta Gerwig has had it easy since the blockbuster’s July 21 release. "I wanted to make something anarchic and wild and funny and cathartic, and the idea that it’s actually being received that way, it’s sort of extraordinary," Gerwig, 39, said while discussing the inspiration for the film in an interview published by the New York Times on Tuesday.