Posted on 02/26/2021 8:00:26 AM PST by simpson96
Even Mr. Potato Head finds gender conformity un-apeeling!
The classic spud-shaped plastic toy is getting a new, gender-neutral name — just plain Potato Head — with the toymaker Hasbro scrapping the “Mr.” portion.
The company said Mr. Potato Head, which first hit the shelves nearly 70 years ago, needed a fresh, modern makeover. The toy’s new moniker will begin appearing on boxes next year.
“Culture has evolved,” Kimberly Boyd, Hasbro’s senior vice president of global brands, told Fast Company. “Kids want to be able to represent their own experiences. The way the brand currently exists — with the ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’ — is limiting when it comes to both gender identity and family structure.”
Some cheered the “woke” change while others called it half-baked to label a vegetable “non-binary.”
“Mr. Potato Head will always be… a potato. Hasbro can’t take away the genitals of a spud that never had any to begin with. #thiscountryisNUTS,” one observer tweeted.
Others wondered about the fate of Mrs. Potato Head, who launched in 1953 with traditionally feminine accessories, such as hair bows and red high heels.
“What I want to know is are they retiring Mrs. Potato Head?” one Twitter user asked.
There was also no word on Potato Head’s preferred pronoun — or whether the studly spud will keep its signature black mustache.
The move by Hasbro comes after several toymakers have updated their brands to appeal to kids today — including Barbie, who shed her blonde image and got a makeover to include more skin tones and body shapes.
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True, lesbian angle is covered that way. But can her female friend be Ruth Bader Ginsberg?
No scalpel but all the parts snap on and off, so....
Even more “unequal”..... Nanzi Pelosi getting her hair streaked......men dont do that.
I have seen a few around.................
I meant m-e-n....not gays.
LOL!.
We live right down the street from a local High School.
I see the kids going to school every day.
Purple, blue, green mohawks on boys and girls, hair of every conceivable color and style......................
You’re so bad...
And that will be the end of Mister Potatohead. Parents still buy them for their children and grandchildren out of nostalgia. With this change, the ‘franchise’ is destroyed. Way to go, Wokesters!
“ Nanzi Pelosi getting her hair streaked....”
Please do not use the words nancy peelousy and streak in the same sentence
Popeye was a yam. (”I yam what I yam.”) But he liked to eat spinach. Maybe eating yams would have been cannibalism.
It's more than a statement. We are made in His image and likeness. The enemy who hates Him hates His image in us and will destroy us because he can't touch Him.
They already have transgender chess.
Oh dear, now they’ll have to cancel Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head from the Toy Story movies.
How about adding a new doll to the Ken and Barbie doll collection: Kenarbie
Yeah..Kimberly Boyd...culture has evolved...bring back garbage pail kids...how about other culture evolved norms....the castrated teen doll...the gang banger doll...the abortion doctor play set...the drugged out beaten sex slave game....the polyamorous grifter politician doll...the tide pod look alike M&M’s...
I really hate these smug little marketing droids spouting off their defense for selling more products under the guise of comprehending, and tacitly approving societal shift. In their case, they will defend ANY view which financially rewards them.
Parents, find someone who owns a 3D printer, design and print your own potato parts.
Problem solved.
We need our own economy.
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