It took weeks of tense negotiations, but earlier this week, my daughters reached an agreement regarding the when, where and how for their planned shared "Oppenheimer" and "Barbie" experience. I told them to bring snacks.
The counterprogramming of a bleak Christopher Nolan biopic about the father of the atomic bomb and Greta Gerwig's bubblegum pink fantasia about an iconic doll has already become one of the greatest mashups in pop culture history. It has spawned t-shirts, mock trailers and endless memes. Naturally, I wanted to get in on the action the best way I know how — by baking something. But while Barbie on her own has been a muse for plenty of sweet, pink-themed summer treats, the Barbenheimer pickings have been disappointingly slim.
