Berlin feminists to picket Barbie dreamhouse

The opening today of the first life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse in Europe may be the fantasy of many little girls, but Berlin feminists are mobilising against what they call a sexist icon.

With her blonde tresses, baby blue eyes, blinding smile, and super-human measurements, the mistress of the giant Barbie mansion has become a lightning rod ahead of today’s inauguration.

Just a few steps from Alexanderplatz, the main shopping district of east Berlin, the 2,500sq m slice of Malibu lifestyle is nestled between a railway and communist housing blocks.