As Lisa returns to Malibu creator Stacy, I have to revisit Barbie. In the words of her creator, Ruth Handler said: “My whole philosophy about Barbie was that through the doll, the little girl could be anything she wanted to be. Barbie has always represented that a woman has choices. » Handler developed Barbie as she watched her daughter Barbara play with her friends, imagining their future roles as adults and teenagers. Believing that experiencing the idea of ​​the future through this performative play was vital to a girl's development, Handler fought for years to bring the 3-dimensional fashion doll into production, which was eventually released in 1959. Was Barbie a feminist success for the time? Yes. Dolls were the only option for her to play the role of doll caretaker. Giving girls the opportunity to imagine a life outside of their environment in 1959, which included options, is radical, like the change that all the artists created in this period.