McKenna Pope: Want to be an activist? Start with your toys
McKenna Pope: Chceš se stát aktivistou? Začni u svých hraček
When McKenna Pope was 13 she petitioned Hasbro to market its Easy-Bake Oven to boys as well as girls, and to make it available in gender-neutral colors. It worked. Full bio
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Je mi 14 let
přesvědčila jsem
měl čtyři roky.
who wanted to be a chef
který chce být šéfkuchařem,
když jsme byli malí.
boxes for the Easy-Bake Ovens,
on the boxes or in the commercials,
objevovaly jenom holky,
supposed to want to be a chef,
že se nemůže stát šéfkuchařem,
co dělají holky.
kterou vysílalo Hasbro.
jakým to můžu změnit,
that I added to the petition
které jsem připojila k petici,
a na krabicích objevovali kluci,
all these national news outlets
a noviny se mnou
invited me to their headquarters
mě pozvalo na své ústředí,
z nejlepší okamžiků v mém životě.
even especially as a kid,
nebo snad právě jako dítě,
a na vašem názoru záleží také.
a dokonce někdy i v reálném životě,
thing was a waste of time,
because what's better revenge
protože jaká je lepší pomsta
dělající ze synáčků gaye."
Vážně? Tak fajn.
to (female dog) about."
musí na něco stěžovat.
Chceš jen peníze a pozornost".
wanting to make change in the future
od toho chtít v budoucnosti něco změnit,
že to nikoho nezajímá,
to me and my family.
budou chovat neslušně.
Raz, dva, tři:
how they could make a change,
jak můžou něco změnit,
of you watching at home can too
a vy co se díváte doma můžete taky,
can do and that you believe in,
to, v co, co věříte
ve všech sociálních médiích,
YouTube, through Reddit, through Tumblr,
na Redditu, na Tumblr,
hearing about all day today,
o které jste dnes celý den slyšeli,
můžete použít
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
McKenna Pope - Teen activistWhen McKenna Pope was 13 she petitioned Hasbro to market its Easy-Bake Oven to boys as well as girls, and to make it available in gender-neutral colors. It worked.
Why you should listen
If anyone's still worried about today's teenagers melting their brains on the Internet, there's at least one who stands out against the crowd: teen activist McKenna Pope. In 2012 Pope's four-year-old brother, who had a passion for cooking, was beyond excited to ask for an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas. But, confused by the pink and purple colors and the television ads that only featured girls using the toy, he became discouraged.
Pope, thirteen at the time, was indignant that her brother should think any less of himself as a boy who liked to cook. Naturally Pope turned to the Internet. She posted a video and written petition urging the CEO of Hasbro to change its marketing and packaging around the Easy-Bake Oven to make it appealing to boys as well as girls. Pope could hardly anticipate what came next: She received 45,000 signatures and a call from Hasbro, inviting her to their headquarters in Pawtucket, Rhode Island to show her their new unisex designs.
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