The Independent

Woman demonstrates how Mattel’s controversial ‘Growing up Skipper’ Barbie works in viral TikTok

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
The Daily Dot

TikToker shows how ‘Growing Up Skipper’ works: The Barbie spinoff doll that grows boobs

For those who aren’t familiar, Skipper is Barbie’s little sister. Launched in 1964, she was designed to look like a kid. But in 1975, someone at Mattel had the bright idea to release a Skipper doll ...
Today

The true story behind 'Barbie's' discontinued dolls, from Allan to pregnant Midge

Within the Mattel toy universe, there's Barbie, there's "just Ken" ... and there are the dolls you completely forgot existed until seeing Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" movie. "Barbie" features a few such of ...
New York Post

All of the controversial misfit toys of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Land

They’re dis-Ken-tinued. Greta Gerwig’s bubblegum fever dream “Barbie” gave clever nod to ill-fated Barbie Land dolls — such as pregnant Midge, Ken’s BFF Allan, Tanner the pooping pup and Growing Up ...
AOL

Woman demonstrates how Mattel’s controversial ‘Growing up Skipper’ Barbie works in viral TikTok

A woman has shared a demonstration of how to use one vintage discontinued Mattel Barbie in a viral video on TikTok. On 22 July, Krystalyn Fowler Dro posted to her page, pulling out a piece of her ...
NBC New York

The true story behind ‘Barbie's' discontinued dolls, from Allan to pregnant Midge

Within the Mattel toy universe, there's Barbie, there's "just Ken" ... and there are the dolls you completely forgot existed until seeing Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" movie. "Barbie" features a few such of ...