Let’s Call Her Barbie” is an intriguing look at the creation of Barbie, a tale of the importance of following one’s gut and ...

Barbie is more than just a doll. The brand does $1 billion in sales ... That year, a teen Barbie was sold with a diet book that recommended simply, “Don’t eat.” When a Barbie with pre ...

More controversy followed when in 1963, a Barbie doll was sold with a diet book accessory called Don't Eat. Then, following the introduction of the first Malibu Barbie in 1971, Mattel also ...

Akron native Renée Rosen says that her novel “Let’s Call Her Barbie” was “in the works long before the Barbie movie came out,” and the timing could hardly be better. The story of an American icon is ...