Barbie’s wedding to ChatGPT and why imagination is in danger
Digitalization, screens, smart toys and constant audiovisual consumption has eroded our capacity to build our own worlds
Barbie turns 65, but she’s not retiring: EL PAÍS spent a day in her domain, the Mattel offices where she was created
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
Why doesn’t Hollywood consider ‘Barbie’ to be a valid movie? How a film that grossed $1.4 billion is still viewed with derision
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
How playing with a Black Barbie in a wheelchair can improve children’s self-esteem
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
‘Barbie’ breaks box office records, surpassing $1 billion in three weeks
For the third week in a row, Greta Gerwig’s film is the highest grossing movie in the United States
More than a toy: ‘I stopped counting after I had 500 Barbies in my collection’
Since 1959, the Mattel doll has represented inclusivity, diversity and progress, with some models being sought-after collectibles
From a doll wanted by the FBI to a Sugar Daddy Ken, these are the discontinued Mattel toys that appear in ‘Barbie’
Everyone knows Barbie’s pink tale of success, but not everything is rosy in the story of the iconic doll
Pink is political: How ‘Barbie’ blends activism, entertainment, and business as usual
Noah Benalal|
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’
Meet the huge community of Barbie collectors: ‘When people find out, they look at you like you’re from Mars’
MARIADO MARTÍNEZ|
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
‘Barbie’: An overly calculated, complacent feminist self-parody
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
Barbie and diversity: a long journey of criticism and change
In the 1960s, Mattel introduced the first African American Barbie. Today, diversity stands as one of the most crucial elements for the Barbie brand
The triumph of pink: How the premiere of ‘Barbie’ has become the cultural and commercial phenomenon of the year
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
The mystery of Ken, the doll in Barbie’s shadow who has spent 50 years in the closet
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
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