McKenna Pope, 13, led a successful campaign to get toy manufacturer Hasbro to make an Easy-Bake Oven that isn’t purple or pink so it would appeal to her little brother Gavyn Boscio, 4. After meeting with McKenna, Hasbro said it would soon reveal a gender-neutral color. (Associated Press)
McKenna Pope, a 13-year-old from Garfield, N.J., started a petition calling for gender-neutral Easy-Bake Ovens after she went to buy one for her 4-year-old-brother, Gavyn Boscio, and found it comes only in purple and pink. The eighth-grader’s petition had attracted about 40,000 signatures as of Tuesday on the website Change.org. (Associated Press)
McKenna Pope, a 13-year-old from Garfield, N.J., started a petition calling for gender-neutral Easy-Bake Ovens after she went to buy one for her 4-year-old-brother, Gavyn Boscio, and found it comes only in purple and pink. The eighth-grader’s petition had attracted about 40,000 signatures as of Tuesday on the website Change.org. (Associated Press)
