Greta Gerwig’s highly marketed and billion-dollar grossing film "Barbie" was released in 2023. The film largely takes place in Barbieland, a matriarchy where women occupy positions of power, the men who are all named Ken, live in an undisclosed location.

Though there are some exceptions like a black female president, most Barbies are thin, white, females who date men. In the film Barbie must venture into the real world where she and Ken learn about the patriarchy established therein. Ken returns to this land seeking to establish his own patriarchy by brainwashing all the Barbies. In order to help the Barbies (and Alan) Barbie must put a stop to Ken's plans, breaking the brainwashing by explaining the contradictory and impossible nature of being a woman and distracting the Kens before Barbies lose their right to vote in Barbieland through a constitutional amendment.

Currently, Canada's 5 largest grocery store chains control 80% of sales. These include Empire (parent of Needs, Lawtons, Farmboy, Sobeys, IGA, FreshCo etc.) Loblaw (parent of Superstore, Loblaws, Maxi, No Frills, Shoppers, T&T etc.) and Metro (Parent of Metro, Adonis and Food Basics etc.). In 2018 many of these grocery giants were found guilty in a bread price fixing scheme, where the price of bread was set higher for over 16 years. Recently the heads of these companies have again been called to testify in regards to price gouging allegations, this amidst grocery prices continuing to soar despite inflation stabilizing.

The Michelin Guide was first established in 1900 by the Michelin Tire company in order to sell more cars to French consumers.

The modern guide inspects restaurants on the following 5 criteria: Quality of products, Mastery of flavor and cooking techniques, The personality of the chef represented in the dining experience, Value for money, and Consistency between inspector visits.

Currently, the five countries with the most starred restaurants are mostly Westernized countries, such as France, Italy, Germany, and the USA.

Collective bargaining rights include the right for employees to unite, to present demands to the employer collectively and to engage in discussions in an attempt to achieve workplace-related goals. It imposes duties on government employers/government to agree to meet and discuss with employees who have presented demands collectively to the employer. It also places constraints on the exercise of legislative powers in respect of the right to collective bargaining.

Advocating for legal rights related to working conditions involves directly lobbying government to implement various workplace protections (min wage, working hours, safety standards etc.) at a nation-wide level.

Amalgamated school systems are those with very few differing school boards as opposed to a system with divisions based on religion or languages. Often students who are not part of a specific group are still allowed to attend schools in any board (ie: a muslim student attending a catholic school, a person with no french family attending the french school). Different school boards recieve separate allocations of funding from the government. Different boards can implement and use different standards and expectations.