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
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’
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
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