It’s what millennials call a meme. Barbie, that stereotypical blonde doll which came to life in the 1960s, finds mathematics difficult. Just search your web browser for “Barbie, math class is tough” ...

Mattel, which has just introduced a Frida Kahlo Barbie, has a history of missing the mark in expanding its line of Barbie dolls. Its misjudgments over the years have led to some cringe-worthy ...

It’s 1992. I am ten. I want to be an advertising executive when I grow up. I am watching a TV news segment about Barbie, “Teen Talk Barbie” specifically. Teen Talk Barbie says “Math class is tough” ...

Remember in the early nineties when Mattel released a talking Barbie who whined that math class was tough? And there was a huge outrage and the phrase was pulled from the doll’s repertoire? Judging ...

Toward the end of Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie, a documentary premiering this Friday on Hulu, we see a team of Mattel marketing and design executives anxiously refresh their browsers on identical ...

We may have a long way to go, but at least we’ve made a little progress: Sadly, the Katherine Johnson Barbie is “for the adult collector,” along with Amelia Earhart Barbie and Frida Kahlo Barbie. For ...

If the original Barbie was a real person, she wouldn't be able to walk, and she definitely wouldn't be able to do yoga. In fact, Barbie's proportions are off — with a big bust teetering on a tiny ...

The new astrophysicist Barbie, announced by Mattel last month, seems well-intentioned enough: Its goal is to encourage young girls to enter science and engineering fields by wedding Barbie's glamour ...

Remember in the early nineties when Mattel released a talking Barbie who whined that math class was tough? And there was a huge outrage and the phrase was pulled from the doll's repertoire? Judging ...