Film/TV

Barbie

2023

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Book Review

Decoding Barbie’s Radical Pose

The “Barbie” movie glides over the history of dolls as powerful cultural objects.

by Alexandra Lange via The New Yorker on August 2, 2023
Film Review

Barbie and the Problem of Corporate Power

Stars of the movie about an iconic Mattel toy are on strike. Both the company’s history and Barbie’s plot illuminate how powerful corporations really are.

by Rithika Ramamurthy via Nonprofit Quarterly on July 31, 2023
Comment

‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Tell the Same Terrifying Story

The “Barbenheimer” double feature captures the dawn of our imperiled era.

by Tyler Austin Harper, Amanda Shendruk via Washington Post on July 19, 2023

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Images of Lilli from the February 1956 cover of Spielzeug Export

My Search for Barbie’s Aryan Predecessor

The original doll was not made by Mattel but by a business that perfected its practice making plaster casts of Hitler.

by Tarpley Hitt via The Nation on December 6, 2025

Margot Robbie in "Barbie" film.

This is the Real History of Barbie

Before the eagerly-anticipated film hits our screens, we take a look back at the story of the world's most famous doll.

by Marie-Claire Chappet via Harper's Bazaar on July 13, 2023

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