Leah Grisham
This year, with some unlikely help from Greta Gerwig’s film Barbie, I finally have the words to explain why honoring Queen Esther with the name Hadassah is so important to me.
Honoring Queen Esther’s Secret Self
Tag: Barbie
Did “Barbie” Give Us a New Lilith Midrash?
Kate Adina Hennessey
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie takes us to the bright pink Garden of Eden to teach us a meaningful lesson.
My Barbenheimer Childhood
Tammy Hepps
The Barbenheimer phenomenon reminds us that we all contain multitudes, even contradictory multitudes.
The Dolls That Raised Us
Sarah M. Seltzer
From Madame Alexanders to American Girls, Bratz to Barbies—join us to talk all about dolls and the role they played in developing our sense of self, family, femininity, and creativity.
A (Feminist) Defense of Barbie as She Turns 60
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Is there anything Barbie can’t be or do?
The Surprising Jewish Roots of Barbie
Danica Davidson
I originally knew Barbie as a doll. It wasn’t until I was tapped to write a Barbie graphic novel that I learned about her Jewish beginnings.
Secret Agent Barbie
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Barbie has always been a secret agent, a force for subversion and empowerment masquerading as a harmless, leggy pin up.