Do you like the idea of Barbie but hate that by even whispering her name you're contributing to the perpetuation of superhuman, hyperheteronormative beauty standards that eternalize a culture of shame ...

Yes, we all know Barbie’s proportions are ridiculous, impossible even. If she were real, she wouldn’t menstruate. She would have to walk on all fours, wouldn’t be able to lift her head, and would be ...

Goodbye tall, skinny and "perfect" Barbie. A new version of the iconic toy, created with a 3D printer and photoshop, parties in a much more "average" way, proportioned to the Centers for Disease ...

WASHINGTON — Bombshell Barbie, known for her famously impossible measurements and movie-star good looks, may soon know how the rest of us feel. Artist and researcher Nickolay Lamm is using a ...

Move over, impossibly perfect Holiday Barbie. This year a “normal”-looking Barbie-style doll is on the market featuring proportions that reflect the modern-day, not-totally-perfect woman. . The doll ...

It’s bad enough young girls are inundated with the unrealistic body images of fashion models every day. But even super models don’t — and can’t — look like Barbie, the most unrealistic body image of ...

Update: Nickolay Lamm, the creator of the Lammily doll, did not respond to our request for an interview before this column appeared. But on Tuesday he weighed in with a response: "Some people ...

The “Normal Barbie,” Lammily, does not officially ship until January 2015. But in her short time in the public sphere, she has attracted gobs of attention for ditching the mutated proportions of ...

It’s a month before the holidays and you’re grappling with a serious toy buyer’s dilemma: 0n the one hand, you kind of just want to get your kid a Barbie; on the other hand you’d rather not perpetuate ...

Artist Nickolay Lamm has built a 'normal' Barbie doll, after the original was shown to be something of a bad influence. A new study from Oregon State University says playing with Barbie dolls ...