With more than one billion units sold worldwide — and even after the movie’s success last summer — the doll is farther away from retirement than ever. A walk through the California facilities where she is mass-produced and a conversation with the person in charge demonstrates that Barbie isn’t going away anytime soon
Greta Gerwig’s motion picture starring Margot Robbie earned eight Oscar nominations, but not for its director or its leading actress in an unexpected and surprising move that says a lot about the industry’s duality
A lack of representation in toys, stories and movies negatively impacts children’s sense of self-worth. How they perceive themselves is developed in comparison with people they consider to be similar or different from themselves
For the third week in a row, Greta Gerwig’s film is the highest grossing movie in the United States
Since 1959, the Mattel doll has represented inclusivity, diversity and progress, with some models being sought-after collectibles
Everyone knows Barbie’s pink tale of success, but not everything is rosy in the story of the iconic doll
Greta Gerwig’s feminist fantasy-comedy is taking the box office by storm, but the film’s success is also its politics, which go only so far as the Mattel corporation will allow: ‘A movie that ridiculed Barbie would have been disastrous for the brand’
The pandemic motivated many devoted fans of the most famous doll in the world to dust off their beloved treasures and show them off online
With Greta Gerwig behind the camera and Margot Robbie in front of it, the Mattel star is the heroine of a meta-comedy about toys and gender, in which Ryan Gosling’s empowered Ken doll steals the spotlight
In the 1960s, Mattel introduced the first African American Barbie. Today, diversity stands as one of the most crucial elements for the Barbie brand
Greta Gerwig’s film is a breath of fresh air for theaters. The premiere has put the doll, and her signature color, at the center of the conversation
He has had numerous professions, bodies and skin colors, but questions about his origins and sexuality remain. Now, Ryan Gosling brings him to life on the big screen
