Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible ... but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended.

Despite her all-American girl reputation, she’s waded into some fairly murky waters over the past few decades. Here are just ...

Meanwhile, American beauty ideals have evolved ... a canvas upon which society can project its anxieties about body image. “Barbie has all this baggage,” says Jess Weiner, a branding expert ...

The doll that's launched the imaginations of millions of girls − and maybe as many think pieces about her role in American culture, fashion and feminism. But maybe Barbie is more like us, all of ...

“Barbie was supposed to be all-American, and I think Ruth really considered herself to be very assimilated in America. But she did face antisemitism at Paramount Pictures, and her family fled ...