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 ...

Barbie asks male friends to code for her in "I Can Be a Computer Engineer" book. — -- Barbie has been an astronaut and a doctor, but when it comes to computer programming, she seems to need a man ...

(CBS SF) -- Mattel Inc. is under fire for botching Barbie's latest attempt to empower girls in a new book titled I Can Be a Computer Engineer. In it, Barbie is cast as a would-be computer engineer, ...

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 ...

The impossibly proportioned, looks-obsessed Barbie is hardly a feminist icon, but a book about the doll becoming a computer programmer has taken gender stereotypes to a new level. The book, titled ...

It has been more than 20 years since Mattel brought the infamous “Teen Talk Barbie” into the world, a talking doll programmed to say deathless phrases such as “I love shopping!” and “Math class is ...

The cause of equality in IT careers got a boost this month from a somewhat unlikely source: Barbie. As revealed on the official website (warning, it's a PDF), every little girls' favourite vacuous ...

This is actually wonderful. Barbie’s had 124 careers since 1959, ranging from Stewardess to Paratrooper. Today she gets her 125th: computer engineer. You can tell she’s smart ’cause she’s got glasses, ...

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 ...

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 a children's ...

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 ...