Can Barbie 2.0 break the ‘cute-to-be-dumb’ chains?

I’m writing this with my bubble-gum pink nails tap-taping on the keyboard and my blonde waves hanging down around  my shoulders. While I’m no perfect ten, there’s no denying the blue-eyed, tiny-waisted 11.5-inch Mattel phenomenon has been a big influence on how we view ourselves. For almost seventy years, a doll has been at the centre of countless differences in opinion about who women are, who they should be, how they look and what they...