Mattel

  • Barbie vs. Bratz XVII: The Reckoning

    Mattel sues Bratz creator Carter Bryant. Looks like there's only room for one lushly proportioned polyurethane poppet in town.
    By Rachel Shukert May 6, 2008

  • Girls, start your engines

    In a new Mattel game, girls race candy-colored cars to the mall.
    By Catherine Price February 27, 2007

  • Should Barbie die?

    Before you destroy her, think of your life without her.
    By Sarah Goldstein June 22, 2006

  • American Girls get serious in song

    In a new musical revue, the characters sing and dance about their heritage, for a price.
    By Sarah Goldstein June 22, 2006

  • Boring girl toys

    Manufacturers lament a shrinking toy market for girls, who outgrow toys quicker than boys.
    By Sarah Elizabeth Richards April 4, 2006

  • Barbie, Starbucks and freedom

    Much of the "illegal art" in a major copyright-infringement exhibition is just plain silly. But the giant corporations that dominate our culture want to squash it anyway.
    By Farhad Manjoo July 17, 2003

  • Shooting dad

    Childhood gunplay left me unarmed and dangerous.
    By Jeff Taylor December 22, 2000

  • En garde, Princess!

    For the first time ever, Barbie may have a challenger who can kick her anorexic butt. At least that's what her unauthorized biographer thinks.
    By M.G. Lord October 27, 2000

  • Software that can spy on you

    Why did Mattel include technology that can encrypt and send data to and from your PC in its children's CD-ROMs?
    By Simson Garfinkel June 15, 2000

  • Re-heat after me

    Hollywood's favorite girl-gripe is back! Also: Dino De Laurentiis gets cranky about Clarice; Chrissie Hynde's gonna use her knife; and Paul MCartney shakes his bootie on the bar at Hogs and Heifers.
    By Amy Reiter March 13, 2000

  • In the Buffy

    Has Sarah Michelle Gellar become a vamp naysayer? Would a flying rock by any other name smell like perfume? In a world full of uncertainty, one thing's for sure ... three hours of Roberto Benigni at the Oscars are three hours too many.
    By Amy Reiter February 14, 2000

  • Singing the pink blues

    Why do makers of toys and computer games still practice segregation?
    By Margot Mifflin December 13, 1999

  • Log: Brief reports and tidbits from the Info-Sphere

    Webby acceptance speeches:nFive-word wonders - Purple Moon and Barbie -- together at last - New Gates book: Buzzword bonanza - Steve Holtzman, R.I.P. - This Web site wants your spam
    By Salon Tech Writers March 15, 1999

  • A mother's guide to gunk

    How do you get rid of the gunk, Gak and slime your beloved offspring have unceremoniously ground into their jeans and slung against the wall? Sometimes all it takes is a simple household item to cleanse away the sludge of childhood.
    By Lisa Moskowitz September 30, 1998

  • Les birds et les bees

    When it comes to teaching their toddlers about sex, they really do do things differently in France
    By Debra S. Ollivier May 12, 1998

  • What's it all about, Barbie?

    Before the blonde bombshell gets a new body, let's take a fond, final look at the old one.
    By The Editors of Mothers Who Think November 26, 1997

  • The littlest harlot

    A working girl pays tribute to her role model.
    By Tracy Quan November 26, 1997
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