her male competitors laughed her out of the room: nobody, they insisted, would want to play with a doll with breasts. Still, Barbie’s sales took off, but by 1963 women were protesting the same ...

Ken, Barbie's infamous male companion, was named for Ruth and Elliot's son and released in 1961. From then on, Barbie began ...

Despite the huge popularity of this iconic toy, Barbie has sparked her share of debate since she first hit the market 60 ...

On March 9, 1959, in the Flatiron district of New York, co-founder of Mattel Ruth Handler launched her latest—and perhaps most daring—creation: Barbie. Standing at 11.5 inches tall, the sultry-eyed ...

Originally released last September, the Barbie doll quickly sold out ... and recording artist who succeeded in a male-dominated music scene, Celia Cruz is also known as the ‘Latin Triple ...

All I want for Christmas is…a Mariah Carey Barbie Doll. The limited-edition Mattel toy, made in the likeness of the Grammy-winning queen of Christmas herself, is back in stock ahead of the ...

Mariah Carey‘s busy Christmas season just got a lot more festive, with the re-release of the official Mariah Carey Barbie doll. The Mariah Barbie quickly sold out when it was released last year ...

Then, after that, we see Ryan Gosling’s doll for the first time ... but this one is so…male.” - Barbie While they say comedy is funny because it’s true, in this case, it’s the opposite.

The special Barbie Diwali doll has been dressed by Indian designer Anita Dongre, who has previously made outfits for Beyoncé ...

Yelling "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT" on social media is one of the millions of things Trump has done that should have disqualified ...

Mattel founder Ruth Handler based the doll’s physique on a ... designed to encourage girls to enter male-dominated industries, such as businesswoman Barbie in 1963, astronaut Barbie in 1965 ...

and even the troubling effects that perfect Barbie dolls can have on young girls’ self-esteem. But most notable of all is the all-too-human experience of forgetting what it means to be truly alive.