McKenna Pope: Want to be an activist? Start with your toys
McKenna Pope: Vuoi essere un attivista? Inizia dai giocattoli
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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who wanted to be a chef
per un bambino che voleva diventare un cuoco,
quando eravamo piccoli.
boxes for the Easy-Bake Ovens,
del Dolce Forno,
specificatamente per le bambine.
on the boxes or in the commercials,
i ragazzi no.
supposed to want to be a chef,
voler essere un cuoco,
che stava mandando la Hasbro.
per poter cambiare questo,
venga ascoltata dalla Hasbro
di petizioni online
e condividerla
that I added to the petition
che ho aggiunto alla petizione,
nelle pubblicità, sulle scatole,
all these national news outlets
notiziari nazionali
invited me to their headquarters
mi ha invitata al loro quartier generale
più belli della mia vita.
"Willy Wonka e la fabbrica di cioccolato."
even especially as a kid,
o forse anche soprattutto come bambina,
verso di me e la mia famiglia,
thing was a waste of time,
fosse una perdita di tempo,
because what's better revenge
perché quale la migliore vendetta
che rendono i loro figli gay"
Davvero? Va bene.
to (female dog) about."
di qualcosa su cui lagnarsi."
Vuoi solo soldi e attenzione."
wanting to make change in the future
dal voler cambiare in futuro
to me and my family.
verso di me e la mia famiglia.
che odiano odiino,
Fate il vostro cambiamento,
how they could make a change,
come poter cambiare le cose,
of you watching at home can too
che guardate da casa potete,
can do and that you believe in,
da poter fare e in cui credete,
YouTube, through Reddit, through Tumblr,
YouTube, Reddit, Tumblr,
a cui potete pensare.
hearing about all day today,
tutto il giorno,
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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