TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Police have closed down dozens of toy shops for selling Barbie dolls in Iran, part of a decades-long crackdown against “manifestations of Western culture,” the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Friday. Barbie dolls are sold wearing swimsuits and miniskirts in a society where women must wear headscarves in public, and men [...]

When American businesswoman Ruth Handler first launched Barbie back in 1959, she probably didn’t expect the dolls to become as controversial as they are popular. In an apparent effort to shut out Western culture, Iranian authorities have closed toy stores in Tehran for selling Barbie dolls, according to Associated Press. The dolls first attracted criticism [...]

TEHRAN, Iran – Police have closed down dozens of toy shops for selling Barbie dolls, part of a decades-long crackdown on signs of Western culture in Iran, the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Friday. Mehr quoted an unnamed police official as saying police confiscated Barbie dolls from toy shops in Tehran in a “new phase” [...]

TEHRAN, IRAN — Police have closed down dozens of toy shop for selling Barbie dolls, part of a decades-long crackdown on signs of Western culture in Iran, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported Friday. Mehr quoted an unnamed police official as saying police confiscated Barbie dolls from toy shops in Tehran [...]

By James Murray Amanda Palmer, of the Dresden Dolls, is not one to hold back a naturally controversial and exuberant personality. I call her at the allotted time and she doesn’t pick up, her answer machine says to text (unless you really want to use your voice) so I send something very English [...]

The incredibly realistic Steve Jobs dolls have been pulled out from the market following “immense pressure” applied on the dolls’ manufacturer from Apple and Steve Jobs’ family. Recently, a Chinese company called In Icons announced that it had manufactured a series of Steve Jobs dolls in the memory of the creative tech genius, who [...]

PanARMENIAN.Net – Iran’s morality police are cracking down on the sale of Barbie dolls to protect the public from what they see as pernicious western culture eroding Islamic values, shopkeepers said on Monday, January 16. As the West imposes the toughest ever sanctions on Iran and tensions rise over its nuclear program, inside the country [...]

. With pink hair and tattoos across her shoulders and neck, US toymaker Mattel’s latest collector’s edition Barbie doll could be compared more to the edgy female heroine of author Stieg Larrson’s best-selling Millennium trilogy than to the more traditional Barbies. Tehran – [...]

Emmy® and Golden Globe Award-Winning Writer/Producer/Director and acclaimed creator of "Glee" and "American Horror Story" Ryan Murphy talks to SiriusXM OutQ host Frank DeCaro about two of his big influences. This interview excerpt is taken from "Iconography" the exclusive series which profiles iconic and influential members and allies of the gay community on SiriusXM’s LGBT [...]

SO I will be doing a tour of my room when it’s actually done, which it almost did! And before you ask, Cinnamon is SuperSamJam’s doll, and she sent me that picture when I won a contest. Now, I realize I’ve been absent for a week but I’ve had finals (Which have not gone well [...]