Barbie house protest
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It wasn't the opening which the organisers planned. Feministprotesters said the Barbie doll turned women into objects. A semi-naked member of the Femen protest group, had "Life in plastic is not fantastic" written on her bare chest. She set fire to a Barbie doll.
In what the organisers call the Barbie Dreamhouse Experience, a hundred gallons of pink paint were used to decorate the exhibition. The colour provoked a protest from a group called Pink Stinks whose members said there was too much emphasis on becoming more beautiful and on being pretty, and that put an awful lot ofpressure on girls.
The other Barbie Dreamhouse, in America, has not been the targetof protest. The Berlin version continues until August and then toursEurope. There will be more opportunity for protest - and also for visits by Barbie's countless fans.
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someone who wants equal rights and opportunities for women
things you can see and touch, but are not living
caused a negative reaction (here: that led to a protest)
attention / importance
trying to force, influence or persuade someone to do something (here: to look prettier)
focus / the central point
travels around
very many; too many to count
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