McKenna Pope: Want to be an activist? Start with your toys
맥케나 포프: 사회 운동가가 되기 원하세요? 장난감 부터 시작합시다.
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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일어났습니다.
요리 재료들을 꺼내서는
만들곤 했어요.
되고 싶어했어요.
who wanted to be a chef
이지-베이크 장난감 오븐만한
들어오기 시작했죠.
boxes for the Easy-Bake Ovens,
상자 겉면의 이미지를 통해
광고를 하고 있었어요.
on the boxes or in the commercials,
모델로 사용하고,
아니라는 메시지가 담겨 있어요.
supposed to want to be a chef,
안 되나보다고 생각했고요.
암시하고 있었어요.
얼마나 좋을까?
공유 사이트입니다.
다양한 소셜 네트워크에
that I added to the petition
요청하는 내용이었습니다.
남자아이들의 이미지를 넣고
all these national news outlets
각종 언론과
사인을 받았습니다.
invited me to their headquarters
저를 본사로 초청해서
오븐이었어요.
even especially as a kid,
아니 어린이기 때문에 더욱
여러분들 목소리도 또한 중요합니다.
때로는 실제로
thing was a waste of time,
공개하는 것만큼
because what's better revenge
(liquidsore: 진물염증 정도)
게이로 만들고 있다."
to (female dog) about."
원하는 것 뿐이야"
wanting to make change in the future
저 자신을 정말 낙담하게 했죠
생각했습니다.
to me and my family.
무례하게 굴었습니다.
그것은 저에게
것인가에 대해서 생각하게 만들었습니다.
내버려두고
사람들을 찾고 있습니다.
how they could make a change,
알고 싶어서 나오려고 하는 사람들과
of you watching at home can too
사람들도 할 수 있다는 것을 압니다.
can do and that you believe in,
믿으면 할 수 있기 때문입니다.
전달 할 수 있습니다.
YouTube, through Reddit, through Tumblr,
같은 소셜 미디어를 통해서
그 어떤 것이라도 괜찮습니다.
만들 수 있습니다.
hearing about all day today,
문제들(spark) 들을 들을 수 있습니다.
작은 불꽃(spark)들을
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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