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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Warner Bros.Mary Pipher used to denounce Barbie dolls.Barbies were exactly what Pipher—whose 1994 non-fiction book Reviving Ophelia inspired the plot of Barbie, according to director Greta Gerwig—strived to warn girls about in her writing. Girls shouldn’t need to have a figure like Barbie, she said, nor a perfectly symmetrical face or smooth blonde hair to be beautiful. “To totally accept the cultural definit...

The Flash/Elemental films could have been the biggest movie duo this summer but it tripped over a speed bump and fell into the fire of box office

The Barbie movie is being celebrated (and slammed) as a feminist film, with its themes of female empowerment and critiques of the patriarchy. Can the same be said for the doll at the center of it?

The Barbie movie is being celebrated (and slammed) as a feminist film, with its themes of female empowerment and critiques of the patriarchy. Can the same be said for the doll at the center of it?

The Barbie movie is being celebrated (and slammed) as a feminist film, with its themes of female empowerment and critiques of the patriarchy. Can the same be said for the doll at the center of it?

Both films attempt to atone for the complicated legacies of American icons. Only one succeeds.

Raggedy Ann filled Janet Silver Ghent with joy when she was a girl. But by the time she was a mom, it was tough to stave off Barbie.

Where is Ruth Handler now and who invented Barbie? Here's who the old lady was in the Barbie movie and how much she's worth. Is Ruth Handler still alive?

Mattel is the worlds second largest toy maker in terms of revenue. Its only second to the Lego Group. Ruth Handler and her husband created the company in 1945. In

Greta Gerwig's film is as joyful as promised, but can a corporate film bankrolled by Mattel be feminist in any meaningful way?