Playing with dolls may help children build empathy and better understand other people’s thoughts and feelings.
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Expert researchers give their view.
Research has shown gendered marketing in toys can shape kids’ future aspirations.
Mattel’s new Barbie comes equipped with an insulin pump and wears a continuous glucose monitor on her arm.
Barbie has evolved over time. But a new study shows she isn’t ready to ditch the high heels just yet.
Barbie’s houses, fashions, vehicles and even her face, hair and body can be seen as a pink-tinted reflection of western culture.
Barbies have historically been associated with the promotion of harmful gendered norms and stereotypes. Is Mattel seeking redemption?
Millennial parents are actively seeking out toys, books and movies to educate their children about life and teach them values that align with their own.
Women are underrepresented in architecture, occupying just 25% of jobs in the field. An architecture professor shares insights from her childhood on how those numbers can be turned around.
Children can transform ordinary items into extraordinary play scenes with Barbie and Barbie-like dolls.
Before a revolution can take place, the oppressed first have to recognize that they actually do not have many rights.
The Barbie movie has caused a media storm, even before the photo of the pink-clad Canadian PM and his son circulated on social media. Much of the conversation has zoned in on men and masculinity.
Examining the understandings of what ‘toxic femininity’ means to people can reveal insights about gender, power and the impact of language on health.
The temptation to cash in on a global phenomenon might be strong. But Mattel has a history of fiercely protecting the Barbie brand with legal action.
Being a mom can be heartbreaking, empowering, scary, fulfilling and everything in between.
As the supporting player to Barbie’s star, Ken unwittingly becomes the locus of little girls’ expectations of and frustrations with masculinity.
Are you for or against Barbie? Writer-director Greta Gerwig piles irony upon irony to finally render the question completely redundant.
Barbie has had over 200 official careers. Often decked out in her signature pink, the doll has showed generations that they do not have to sacrifice their love of femininity in order to succeed.
Barbie is an icon of nostalgia — but she’s also a forerunner of the metaverse.
Barbie has long functioned as a proxy onto which cultural aspirations and anxieties about womanhood are projected.
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Professor of History, University of Canterbury
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PhD Candidate, Centre for Women's Studies, University of York
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Associate Professor in Marketing, Director Centre for Organisations and Social Change, RMIT University
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Professor of Religious Studies and Cinema and Media Studies, by special appointment, Hamilton College
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Professor in Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Professor of Health Sciences, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University
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Professor of Marketing, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Marketing Academic, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, Department of Security, Fire and Emergency Management, and Director of Center for Cybercrime Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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Professor of Law, University of Melbourne; Chair of Private Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Education, Concordia University