(Non-white Barbie ethnicities were not introduced until the 1980s.) Tiffany Shlain, who made a 2005 short documentary “The Tribe” about the history of Jews and Barbie, is herself a blond ...

The Barbie doll is one of the most recognizable toys in the world, and it’s all thanks to a woman named Ruth Handler. In 1959, when Handler introduced Barbie, the toy quickly took the world by ...

In light of Black Barbie’s debut, here is a look at the history of the trailblazing doll — and the Black women who made her a reality. The brainchild behind the first Black Barbie is Kitty ...

Journalist and lifelong Barbie fan Emily Tamkin talks us through Ken’s development, or lack thereof, over the decades. Read Emily’s “A Cultural History of Barbie,” and Chris’s brief Ken ...

Inside the biggest change in barbie’s 57-year history–and what it says about American beauty ideals Part 1 Barbie’s dress won’t fit. I’m sitting in a bright pink room at Mattel’s ...

Born to Polish-Jewish immigrants, American entrepreneur and inventor Ruth Handler created Barbie, inspired by her daughter Barbara (Barbie’s boyfriend Ken would later be named for Ruth’s son ...

For Barbie girls living in a Barbie world, there’s nowhere quite as exciting as the place where Barbies are made. So we took a behind-the-scenes tour of a historically tight-lipped business and ...

The article details the history of Barbie and reveals that the original number one Barbie was worth $5,000 at the time. This discovery sparked his passion for collecting, leading him to flea ...