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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.62,0:00:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm McKenna Pope. I'm 14 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.11,0:00:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I was 13, I convinced
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.10,0:00:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the largest toy companies,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.83,0:00:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toymakers, in the world, Hasbro,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.24,0:00:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change the way that they marketed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.19,0:00:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of their most best-selling products.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.44,0:00:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So allow me to tell you about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.92,0:00:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I have a brother, Gavin.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.50,0:00:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When this whole shebang happened, he was four.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.02,0:00:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He loved to cook.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.54,0:00:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was always getting ingredients out of the fridge
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.73,0:00:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mixing them into these, needless to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.88,0:00:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uneatable concoctions,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.37,0:00:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or making invisible macaroni and cheese.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.27,0:00:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wanted to be a chef really badly.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.45,0:00:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so what better gift for a kid\Nwho wanted to be a chef
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.74,0:00:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than an Easy Bake oven. Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.86,0:00:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we all had those when we were little.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.60,0:00:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he wanted one so badly.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.05,0:00:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then he started to realize something.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.50,0:00:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the commercials, and on the boxes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.86,0:00:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Easy Bake ovens,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.25,0:00:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hasbro marketed them specifically to girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.52,0:00:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the way that they did this
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.92,0:00:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was they would only feature girls\Non the boxes or in the commercials,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.03,0:00:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there would be flowery prints all over the ovens
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.56,0:01:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it would be in bright pink and purple,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.47,0:01:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very gender-specific colors to females, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.52,0:01:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it kind of was sending a message
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.79,0:01:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that only girls are supposed to cook, boys aren't.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.06,0:01:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this discouraged my brother a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.96,0:01:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He thought that he wasn't\Nsupposed to want to be a chef,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.12,0:01:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that was something that girls did.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.23,0:01:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Girls cooked, boys didn't,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.87,0:01:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or so the message that Hasbro was sending.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.39,0:01:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this got me thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.16,0:01:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God, I wish there was a way that I could change this,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.59,0:01:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could I have my voice heard by Hasbro
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.62,0:01:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I could ask them and tell them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.11,0:01:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they were doing wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.42,0:01:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask them to change it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.06,0:01:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that got me thinking about a website
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.66,0:01:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I had learned about a few months prior
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.43,0:01:37.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called change.org.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.100,0:01:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Change.org is an online petition-sharing platform
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.24,0:01:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can create a petition and share it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.53,0:01:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across all of these social media networks,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.92,0:01:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Facebook, through Twitter,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.26,0:01:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through YouTube, through Reddit, through Tumblr,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.75,0:01:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through whatever you could think of.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.57,0:01:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I created a petition
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.51,0:01:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with the YouTube video\Nthat I added to the petition
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.74,0:01:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically asking Hasbro
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.72,0:01:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change the way that they marketed it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.64,0:02:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and featuring boys in the commercials, on the boxes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.97,0:02:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of all creating them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.03,0:02:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in less gender-specific colors.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.76,0:02:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this petition started to take off,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.87,0:02:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, humongously fast, you have no idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.03,0:02:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was getting interviewed by\Nall these national news outlets
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.01,0:02:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and press outlets, and it was amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.35,0:02:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In three weeks, maybe three and a half,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.11,0:02:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had 46,000 signatures on this petition.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.90,0:02:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.22,0:02:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.100,0:02:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, needless to say, it was crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.20,0:02:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually, Hasbro themselves\Ninvited me to their headquarters
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.84,0:02:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they could go and unveil
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.50,0:02:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their new Easy Bake oven product to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.78,0:02:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in black, silver, and blue.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.77,0:02:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was literally one of the best moments of my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.35,0:02:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.79,0:02:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That thing was amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.61,0:02:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I didn't realize at the time, however,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.25,0:02:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that I had become an activist.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.13,0:02:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could change something that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.00,0:03:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even as a kid, or maybe even especially as a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.72,0:03:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my voice mattered, and your voice matters too.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.48,0:03:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to let you know it's not going to be easy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.41,0:03:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it wasn't easy for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.56,0:03:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I faced a lot of obstacles.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.39,0:03:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People online, and sometimes even in real life,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.01,0:03:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were disrespectful to me and my family,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.01,0:03:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talked about how the whole\Nthing was a waste of time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.69,0:03:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it really discouraged me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.16,0:03:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually, I have some examples,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.97,0:03:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what's better revenge
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.09,0:03:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than displaying their idiocy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.50,0:03:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's see.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.75,0:03:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From username liquidsore29
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.38,0:03:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,—interesting usernames we have here—
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.36,0:03:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"disgusting liberal moms making their sons gay."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.59,0:03:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Liquidsore29, really? Really? Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.94,0:03:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about from whiteboy77ags:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.64,0:03:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"people always need something\Nto [female dog] about."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.07,0:03:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From jeffreygutierrez:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.13,0:03:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"omg shut up you just want money and attention."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.38,0:03:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it was comments like these
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.57,0:03:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really discouraged me from\Nwanting to make change in the future
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.20,0:04:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I thought people don't care,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.26,0:04:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people think it's a waste of time,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.22,0:04:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people are going to be disrespectful to me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.99,0:04:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.06,0:04:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It hurt me, and it made me think,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.27,0:04:12.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's the point of making change in the future?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.100,0:04:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I started to realize something.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.52,0:04:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Haters gonna hate.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.17,0:04:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on, say it with me, one, two, three:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.62,0:04:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,haters gonna hate.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.66,0:04:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let your haters hate,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.16,0:04:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what, and make your change,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.86,0:04:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know you can.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.67,0:04:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look out into this crowd,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.01,0:04:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I see 400 people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.16,0:04:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who came out because they wanted to know
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.30,0:04:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they could make a change,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.53,0:04:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know that you can, and all\Nof you watching at home can too
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.98,0:04:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you have so much that you can do
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.73,0:04:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that you believe in,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.87,0:04:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can trade it across all these social media,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.70,0:04:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Facebook, through Twitter,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.58,0:04:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through YouTube, through Reddit, through Tumblr,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.40,0:04:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through whatever else you can think of.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.37,0:04:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can make that change.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.89,0:04:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can take what you believe in
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.26,0:04:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turn it into a cause and change it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.70,0:04:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that spark that you've been hearing about
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.77,0:04:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all day today,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.89,0:04:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can use that spark that you have within you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.18,0:05:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turn it into a fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.88,0:05:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.55,0:05:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)