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Feminists stage protest against sexism at life-size Barbie Dreamhouse
Feminist activists were among several dozen people who demonstrated against the opening on Thursday of Europe’s first life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse, slamming it as a sexist cliche. Just a few steps from Alexanderplatz, the main shopping district of east Berlin, the 2,500-square-metre (26,900-square-foot) attraction transports the young visitor to a pink-hued…
Vatican newspaper makes bald Barbie appeal
The Vatican’s official daily newspaper has appealed to the makers of the Barbie doll to put a bald version of the doll on toy shop shelves for children who have lost their hair through chemotherapy or illness. Mattel has already launched a bald Barbie shorn of her cascading blonde locks,…
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