An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A new collection of Barbie dolls is made out of plastic that was bound for the ocean. On Thursday, the toy company Mattel launched "Barbie Loves ...

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In wake of the hit "Barbie" movie, the announcement of an "EcoWarrior" Barbie doll drew the attention of media organizations and consumers, including an apparent pledge from toymaker Mattel to stop ...

Lil Gretch, meet Lil Daryl Hannah. But Hannah's doll was part of a campaign that got attention for another reason: It was part of a hoax. A social media fake claimed that Mattel toys would become ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Once upon a time, back in my juice-box-and-cartoon days, I had a Barbie collection so ginormous it ...

Though it may be hard to imagine an artist needing a change in direction at just 23 years old, Chinese-born multimedia artist Ran Zhou says this was very much the case when she came to Brooklyn ...

The false campaign by environmental activists claimed that the toy giant was launching a new line of decomposable Barbies and would stop using plastic by 2030. By Livia Albeck-Ripka and Orlando ...

Earlier this year, a decades-old doll broke the internet. When posters for Greta Gerwig's upcoming "Barbie" film hit Twitter, fans fawned over the bright plastic-y imagery and the satirical spin.

It was an extraordinary corporate pledge — a promise that not only fit the zeitgeist of an increasingly climate-anxious society, but also sought to reconcile pent-up guilt over mounting plastic waste.