Barbie has announced two new additions to its growing line of diverse and inclusive dolls: a blind Barbie and the first Black Barbie with Down syndrome. Mattel announced the two new dolls on Tuesday ...

Once upon a time, when Black girls played with fashionable Barbie dolls, the Barbies were little versions of white women — and Barbie stayed fashionable and white throughout the Civil Rights Movement ...

“Did you have a Black doll growing up?” asked host Kristen L. Pope at the start of this week’s episode of Basic Black about the history of Black dolls. As a child in Haiti, Widline Pyrame’s only ...

The doll comes with medical accessories that many others living with Type 1 diabetes would have. Mattel’s is representing children in a major way by introducing the first-ever Barbie with Type 1 ...

Angela Williams, a Black writer in her 40s, remembers getting her first Black Barbie doll like it was yesterday. “My first Black Barbie came as a hand me down from one of my sisters. I have three ...

Barbie has unveiled its first doll with type 1 diabetes, toy giant Mattel announced Tuesday. Mattel said the Barbie doll wears a CGM on her arm and insulin pump on her waist. This Barbie is now ...

In her debut documentary premiering at SXSW, Lagueria Davis examines the origins and implications of Black Barbie dolls. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic Davis opens Black Barbie with a frank ...

There’s a sense of pride in seeing a Barbie doll that looks like you. Now, children with type 1 diabetes will understand what that feels like. The popular toy manufacturer on Tuesday unveiled the most ...