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Think Barbie's a vacuous whore and Action Man's a vacant meathead?

Well if you want to give your child another lifestyle and indeed gender choice, you now have another toy option.

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Soulful singer songwriter Jill Sobule plays at Borderline. 7pm. 16 Manette Street, W1. £7. 020 7534 6970 or here.

Masterful, big-voiced super soprano Susan Bullock is in late night concert at Royal Albert Hall, SW7. 10pm. £9-12. 020 7589 8212 or online.

San Fran duo Blackalicious trip hops away at Jazz Cafe. 7pm. 5 Parkway NW1. £15. 0870 264 3333 or online.

The RuPaul Doll. That's right, the Elton John duetting, Mac modeling, TV hosting Drag Supermodel has just launched his/her doll that is advertised as 99% plastic and 1% real woman.

The 13 inches of collectible plastic comes in three versions available to order - rather incredibly - at toysrus.com. The Supermodel RuPaul, the Glamazon RuPaul and the Red Hot RuPaul (who comes suited up in her own red leather bodice and thigh-high boots), should give your little 'uns hours of gender-bending fun (beats the suburban Bratz anyday).

Learn to Sing Like a Bird w/ Hannah Rickards in Summer Daze series at SLG. 2-5pm. 65 Peckham Rd, SE5. Free.

Edmund White is@Vanbrugh Theatre. 7:30pm. Malet St, WC1. £6. 0845 456 9876.

Art Forum Berlin 29 Sept-03 Oct - Save the date

Celeb snapper Mike Ruiz has even shot a series of life-size photos of the doll, which will be displayed in a private exhibition at some point; but for most of us, all you need to do is drive along to your local retail park toy-superstore and pick up a tranny. Which should hopefully be the first time you've done such a thing.

The RuPaul Doll - 99% Plastic, 1% Woman
Out on Sept 1, but pre-orders now being taken

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LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy mans the deck at GE Club. 40 Liverpool St, EC2. 8pm-12am. Guestlist only.

Jonathan Woolf hosts this wk at Architecture Foundation's Summer Nights. 7pm. 16 Brewhouse Yard, EC1. Free.

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