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With filmmaker Greta Gerwig's Barbie breaking box-office records—and devoting much of its story to Ken's existential crisis—we wondered if there's any more to Barbie's perennial plus-one.

An instant hit, Barbie, along with her boyfriend Ken who was introduced in 1961, has had to “evolve with the changing times” to remain relevant. This included adding a new line that included ...

Barbie's been beloved by kids and debated by adults. At 66 years old, she's changed and evolved right along with our culture.

Since Barbie's ending gave the title character her human happy ending, some thought that the sequel could be focused on Ken. Barbie duo Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach addressed this in a ...

every Barbie and Ken live under the false impression that "all problems of feminism have been solved" in the real world. Since women hold all the power as president, doctors, Supreme Court ...