Barbie doesn't have sex ... We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism These depictions perpetuate the idea that asexuality is something ...

This is what you came up with? The truth is, half a century after her introduction, Barbie is in a heated bid for relevance. Witness today's story (linked in Salon's 5 Things) about "Totally ...

film "Barbie" this week over a scene in the movie that purportedly includes a cartoon map depicting China claiming disputed territory in the South China Sea. "While it may just be a Barbie map in ...

film "Barbie" of pandering to Chinese censors. The issue at hand pertains to a scene in the film that the lawmakers say features a cartoon map (pictured above) illustrating and endorsing China's ...

The precursor to the Barbie doll was not meant for children. Born in Germany in 1952, the inspiration for America’s most famous doll was a saucy high-end call girl named Lilli. First created as ...

Her slim waist and megawatt smile hearken back to the polyvinyl glamour of the original Barbie doll ... opened the appropriately named J. Sisters salon in Midtown Manhattan, where they began ...