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"   Talk about girl power: A 13-year-old named McKenna Pope has posted a petition on Change.org asking Hasbro, the company that makes the Easy Bake Oven, to change the packaging on its notoriously pink and purple toy. The inspiration? Her 4-year-old brother, a wannabe chef who asked Santa for the play oven for Christmas.  In her petition, Pope says she doesn&amp;#039;t want her brother to think it&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;wrong&amp;quot; or girly to love cooking just because the toy&amp;#039;s signature colors and packaging seems to suggest otherwise. (Side note: What a cool big sis!) She says she&amp;#039;s asking for support so that kids today can grow up being whatever it is they want to be without feeling restricted by gender. So far, she&amp;#039;s received over 25,0000 signatures and is less than 5,000 away from reaching her goal.  We&amp;#039;re totally stoked to see a young woman like Pope speak out on this often overlooked issue. Because, she&amp;#039;s seriously got a point. The Easy Bake Oven isn&amp;#039;t the only domestic toy out there that&amp;#039;s clearly marketed to girls: the My Cleaning Trolley is garishly decked out in purple and pink, sending a clear message that housework is the sole duty of the so-called fairer sex. On the flipside, toys for boys, like Little Handyman&amp;#039;s Tool Box , which suggest that guys build things, not girls. (We just clean up after them, right? Ugh.) We hope Pope&amp;#039;s petition will help even the playing field when it comes to girls&amp;#039; and boys&amp;#039; toys. Way to go, girl! Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter @NatashaBurton or find her on Facebook. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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