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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 the movie of the summer and it has us all brushing up on our Mattel knowledge. Was Michael Cera's Allen a real doll? Here's what we know.

Greta Gerwig's highly anticipated comedy Barbie is finally here, and it features a sweet and thought-provoking ending that will leave a lasting impression.

Greta Gerwig’s surreal satire starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is one of this year’s best films.

In 1959, a mere 64 years before the release of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, Mattel’s signature doll hit store shelves for the first time and quickly became a Rorschach test for many girls and women as they transposed their own identity onto a plastic plaything. The small-scale doll was created by company co-founder Ruth Handler—pulling inspiration from Germany’s Bild Lilli doll—as a way to empower girls like her daughter Barbara (the brand’s namesake) to use t...

Ruth Handler created Barbie in 1959 to encourage girls to imagine a world beyond caregiving. She evolved from a symbol of imaginative play to a powerful reflection of women's progress.

With a wardrobe now spanning 64 years worth of fashion, she’s had her pick of footwear, but Barbie has been closely associated with the stiletto mule — also called the stiletto slide or sandal — since her inception.

Greta Gerwigs Barbie is the latest chapter in doll cultures queer-coded legacy.

Greta Gerwig loads plenty of food for thought in hot pink pop package, poking fun at patriarchy and corporate parent Mattel in brainy 'Barbie' movie.

Ahead of the Barbie movie release this week, The Globe revisits its 1999 interview as the icon turned 40