Conservatives have criticized the addition.

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Mattel adds the neurodivergent woman to their collection of diversity dollies to overhyped fanfare it doesn't deserve. From ...

Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.

But a Barbie doll released this week has sparked an important discussion about what representation looks like when it comes in plastic form. Toymaker Mattel unveiled its autistic Barbie on Monday, ...

Can One Barbie Represent a Spectrum? by James Coulter Barbie has been everything from a doctor to an astronaut. She's been many shades and skin colors. She's even been in a wheelchair. Now, her newest ...