We are now told to see movies not because they challenge our preconceptions but precisely because they don’t
How Ruth Handler dreamed up the doll that feminists loved—or loathed
After it was announced that Amy Schumer was in talks to play Barbie in an upcoming live-action feature film, she was subjected to body shaming. And where else? On social media.
The iconic doll finally gets real
We’re giving away the company’s newest collectible in time for the holiday
I used to think that being a feminist meant doing whatever men did. Now I’ve found my own place as a woman in the Orthodox world.
We’re talking burning crosses and protests warm
Madame Alexander launched her iconic doll company 90 years ago—decades before Barbie was born
A new doll is inspired by Adele Bloch-Bauer, Klimt’s famous Austrian Jewish model. It’s one of a new series of collector’s edition dolls dedicated to great works of art.
As Walmart launches a line of cosmetics for pre-teen girls, parents ponder whether their 6-year-old daughters should be wearing makeup—even if Queen Esther did
As the Spertus Museum courts controversy, is it trying too hard—or not hard enough?
Tiffany Shlain reaches back to the Pleistocene era to explain assimilation in America
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