Jezebel: Dollhouse

Pathetic Singles Drive Sales Of Tiny Cookware

Katy Kelleher — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:45:00 EDT

The Telegraph reports that sales of single-serving cookware has increased by 140% in the past year. Some of the stuff they're buying "wouldn't look out of place in a doll's house," remarked one department store rep. More »

Lindsay Hates Her Dad; Tyson Punches A Paparazzo

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST

Lindsay Lohan is speaking out about her dad. "I hate him so much," she told Gossip Cop. And:

Kylie Checks Out Couture; Marc Jacobs' West Village Death Grip Tightens

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Kylie Minogue was in Jean Paul Gaultier's front row yesterday because she's looking for outfits for her American tour, which kicks off in October. Might we suggest this? [Elle UK]

Everybody Wants To Play Frank Sinatra

Hortense Smith — Sun, 17 May 2009 10:30:00 EDT

Could Oscar winner Jamie Foxx play Frank Sinatra in the highly anticipated upcoming biopic directed by Martin Scorsese? "Cool is colour-blind," says an industry source, "Jamie would seem to be born to the role." [DailyExpress]

Rihanna Gets Some R&R

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST

Rihanna is currently on a beach in Mexico, and this picture on the cover of the NY Daily News is the first we've seen of her in a long while. [NY Daily News]

Weird Science

Sadie Stein — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:20:00 EST

This Beauty & Grooming seminar, which studies things like "Hair Science" and the "Genomics of Skin Aging," sounds seriously Dollhouse-esque and creepy. [Eurekalert] More »

Joss Whedon's Dollhouse Is Crazy, Creepy, Cool

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:00:00 EST

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In the premiere episode of Dollhouse on Friday, Eliza Dushku's character raced a motorcycle, danced til dawn and then wore a gray suit and glasses while foiling a kidnapping plot. More »

Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire...

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:20:00 EST

Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, on his theory of "womb envy:" "It's a very simple theory and I gave it a silly name, but basically it just seemed to be a fundamental thing that women have something men don't, the obvious being an ability to bear children, and the resilience to hang in as parents. I don't understand why or how anyone ever pulled off the whole idea of "women are inferior." Men not only don't get what's important about what women are capable of, but in fact they fear it, and envy it, and want to throw stones at it, because it's the thing they can't have." [Mother Jones] More »

Ewan McGregor Represents "The World's Great Wildness" Cologne

Sadie Stein — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Is no one safe from the lure of Designer Fragrance? Ewan McGregor is the face of Davidoff "Adventure." The cologne “explores uncharted fragrance territory. Its fresh spicy woody composition is daring and elemental, inspired by the world’s great wildernesses and raw, masculine emotion.” [BlackBook]
Avril Lavigne's clothing line for Kohl's goes the way of Lauren Conrad...one way express to the bargain bin. [Perez Hilton]
Teen Vogue launches book (presumably for teens) on getting into the fashion industry. "It's set to be a sort of archive of interviews with different people in fashion — designers, photographers, models, editors, etc. and meant to teach young Teen Vogue readers about what it takes to break into the industry." Seems like a cruel hoax. [Fashionista]

Coming Out Of The (Dollhouse) Closet

Sadie Stein — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:40:00 EDT

So, earlier today when I added the item about Viktor & Rolf making two-foot dolls to wear miniature replicas of their best designs, I played it down. I tried to pretend it was just another fashion item. I even called the dolls "sinister" because I know many people find doll-life as creepy as clown-life. But in my heart, I was singing. And I think it's time to admit something I've kept a closely-guarded secret for the past twenty years: I am obsessed with dolls. More »

Celebrate The Season: Make A Toy Temple!

Jennifer — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:30:00 EST

My childhood was perhaps best defined by two things: My Jewish day school education and my love of playing with dolls. So it's no surprise that I am immensely fascinated by the blog Juggling Frogs, on which a woman named Carolyn chronicles her life as a "Torah-observing" wife and mother. Carolyn, you see, built her daughters a to scale dollhouse shul. (That would be 'synagogue,' to those of you not raised in Yiddish-speaking homes.) Carolyn's daughters had begged her for their very own Orthodox synagogue for their dollies, and so Carolyn got cracking. But there were many challenges she had to face!

I used fancier materials than we normally use for one of our standard doll houses, in order to show honor for the synagogue in the abstract, and for the Torah and its accessories. I gave up some of my real beads and fabrics, and spent more time on it than one of my 'normal' dollhouses. I wanted there to be room for a at least whole minyan (10 men) of men, and a comparable number of seats for the ladies. I wanted the Torah and its accouterments to be somewhat accurate for both educational and play value.