Handler is credited as "the mother of Barbie," after coming up with the doll, inspired by watching her daughter, Barbara, play as a little girl. "I discovered something very important: They were ...

Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler reshaped consumer culture with the debut of Barbie in 1959. The role-model doll is one of the most popular toys in history, while Handler, daughter of immigrants ...

So when Barbie — an adult doll — comes along ... At the center of the movie is a story about a daughter and a mother, played by America Ferrera. It is Ms. Ferrera’s long monologue about ...

Perlman’s gentle and encouraging character doesn’t immediately identify herself, but somehow knows Barbie’s name before the living doll sets off once again. At the end of the film, ...

Barbie dolls are seen at Mattel headquarters in El Segundo, Calif. (Alisha Jucevic/Bloomberg News) “She doesn’t eat very much,” my 5-year-old daughter said of her Dreamtopia Rainbow Magic ...

It speaks to my mother's sacrifice and commitment My mother ... Yes, this is true; Barbie dolls are too skinny and make us women feel inadequate about our bodies. But also, Barbie showed girls ...

But Handler’s breezy claim to have been the mother of Barbie had its own dark side. The doll she cited as inspiration was one called “Lilli,” a German toy that was in fact based on a cartoon ...

Gloria, a working mother struggling to find purpose as her teen daughter grows older, finds herself on a parallel journey of self-discovery with Barbie (Margot Robbie) as the doll journeys outside ...

“My mother never bought me a Barbie doll. She felt that the doll was not appropriate for little girls to play with.” When she moved to America, the image of Barbie inspired her to leave behind ...

The concept of a Black Barbie doll was first floated at Mattel almost ... s “spectacular” style and learning how to sew from her mother and grandmother, per the Greenville News.