For a guy named Ken, and as a computer engineer, I'm taking this Barbie diss pretty hard. But, news is news, so here's how it played out. Some people felt that Barbie failed as a computer engineer and ...

Mattel gets it wrong -- again -- with a "computer engineer" Barbie who can't code and needs help from boys. To say nothing of that hot pink laptop. (Ariana Cubillos/AP) In 2010, Mattel asked what ...

The 2010 book Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer was highly criticized this week; it shows Barbie designing a game, but relying on male friends... After Backlash, Computer Engineer Barbie Gets New ...

(USA TODAY) -- Sure, Barbie. You may be an astronaut, an entrepreneur and a doctor. But if you want to be a computer engineer, it looks like you're gonna need to call in some male backup, according to ...

Mattel has pulled one its Barbie picture books after it sparked outrage for being "sexist" and "misogynistic." Random House published the $4 book, titled "I Can Be a Computer Engineer," that's aimed ...

She’s been a swimsuit cover model and a human trafficking victim, but Barbie has never really been touted as a working professional. The latest affront to basic decency in gendered toy marketing comes ...

Some of us have resisted Barbie, for her unrealistic shape, her materialistic ways (a Ferrari?) and her dopey boyfriend but the new Barbie has a good job, dumped Ken, and is trying to be a role model ...

That’s right kids, Jeff just sent us an email tip that Barbie’s next career has been announced, and we won: But that’s not all! Consumers loudly campaigned for another Barbie career. The winner of the ...

“Here’s an idea,” I told Sapna Cheryan. “How about ‘Resist! Barbie’?” She comes fitted with clenched fists for fighting off “grabbers” and bendable knees that fit squarely into the crotch of whoever ...

For a guy named Ken, and as a computer engineer, I'm taking this Barbie diss pretty hard. But, news is news, so here's how it played out. Some people felt that Barbie failed as a computer engineer and ...