The 2010 book Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer was highly criticized this week; it shows Barbie designing a game, but relying on male friends... After Backlash, Computer Engineer Barbie Gets New ...
She's been a swimsuit cover model and a human trafficking victim, but Barbie has never really been touted as a working professional. The latest affront to basic decency in gendered toy marketing comes ...
Some of us have resisted Barbie, for her unrealistic shape, her materialistic ways (a Ferrari?) and her dopey boyfriend but the new Barbie has a good job, dumped Ken, and is trying to be a role model ...
NEW YORK (ABC News) -- Barbie has been an astronaut and a doctor, but when it comes to computer programming, she seems to need a man's help, at least according to a children's book criticized by many ...
“Here’s an idea,” I told Sapna Cheryan. “How about ‘Resist! Barbie’?” She comes fitted with clenched fists for fighting off “grabbers” and bendable knees that fit squarely into the crotch of whoever ...
Barbie’s gone geek and she’s all about the binary. Earlier this month, Mattel announced that Barbie’s new career would be none other than a computer-science engineer. With sparkly black leggings and a ...
Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to introduce the newest member of our IT department: Computer Engineer Barbie. She’s hip, stylish, and a real whiz when it comes to fixing faulty motherboards. All right ...