By Lori Perkins I think of Barbie as the quintessential American, so I was a little surprised to find a solicitation in my email to buy...

By Lori Perkins In one of the strangest emails I’ve received in awhile, I was invited to become one of the first 5,000 people to set up...

By Lori Perkins I am shocked to see that no one I meet seems to know that Mattel has transformed boring blond Ken into the hottest merman...

By Lori Perkins Image from Mattel As the country prepares for another wave of COVID hospitalizations, Mattel has released a new line of...

By Lori Perkins Toy manufacturer Mattel has been doing some innovative things to diversify the brand in the past few years, such as...

By Lori Perkins This year marks the 60th “birthday” of Ken, the glamorous Barbie doll’s rather lack-luster boyfriend. He was introduced...

By Lori Perkins February is Black History Month and it’s also this weird P.R. time of year where strange products are pitched with...

By Lori Perkins Just hours after the Elton John Barbie doll went on sale, the entire production of dolls has sold out. I believe the last...

I vaguely remember that Mattel released a Barbie for President when I was a young mom (Barbie’s first presidential run was in 1992, after...

Imagine this. You’ve had a long day at work, answering a list of emails longer than Santa Claus’ naughty and nice list, running errands...