Something weird is happening. As the result of many, many news stories viewed on a glowing laptop screen, the word “Barbie” is becoming emblazoned on my corneas. When I close my eyes I see “Barbie,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Barbie has announced two new additions to its growing line of diverse and inclusive dolls: a blind Barbie and the first Black ...

Like most little girls of her era, Dru Troescher-Battle had a Barbie doll. But Troescher-Battle, of Metairie, was never one of those obsessed Barbie kids. “I couldn’t decide between dolls and trucks,” ...

Summer's hit movie has brought out Barbie admirers in droves. They descend on theaters en masse in joyful anticipation. And why not? The 12-inch American icon – born in 1959 and reproduced more than ...

I’m the youngest child in my family and the only girl. When I was born, my Aunt Maggie was so excited by a brand-new world of pinks and frills that she made sure I received my first Barbie doll before ...

Although Barbie was named after the real life daughter of her creator, Ruth Handler, an Omaha woman gave the doll the sense of style that's as much her trademark as the color pink. Charlotte ...