You may have heard about this when it popped up a few weeks back : 13 year old McKenna Pope of Garfield, New Jersey, started a petition on Change.org calling on Hasbro to change its marketing for the Easy Bake Oven to make the product appealing to both boys and girls. She also made the video above, in which she explains her campaign was motivated by her 4-year-old brother saying he'd like to make half-baked dough messes, but that since Easy Bake is really "for girls," no maybe not. In a development that surprised absolutely no one, the story immediately became fodder for culture warfare, with progressives nodding approvingly at the young activist and conservatives either bemoaning the story as part of the
I wondered about that too. Not that I know how an EasyBake oven heats things. I mean, maybe it's a light bulb. Who knows? Let's ask Giada.
What a commie trick! Little boys can't play cowboy and injuns or kill the Nazis with a toy oven, they need realistic looking play assault rifles to get them prepared to buy the real article as adults.
The NRA is one of the biggest marketing teams in the world.
Getting mine blown is nice, whether up or down.
Keeps the deer away. Maybe.
And here I was briefly looking at one of those beer-makin' kits earlier today.
A frosting gun would be tuff.
Hooray for subtext, and the improvement of the Wonkette experience thereby.
Toy?
And as Sam Kinson quoted the bible "suck dick, lose the kingdom".
I wondered about that too. Not that I know how an EasyBake oven heats things. I mean, maybe it's a light bulb. Who knows? Let's ask Giada.
Is this early training for a job at McDonalds?
Bobby Flay would still rely on his staff in an Easy Bake Oven Throw-down.
What a commie trick! Little boys can't play cowboy and injuns or kill the Nazis with a toy oven, they need realistic looking play assault rifles to get them prepared to buy the real article as adults.
The NRA is one of the biggest marketing teams in the world.
No doubt all those shooter dudes spent hours in the kitchen baking...
Also needs moar ponification, doc.