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Feb 25, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
press release vs reporting. what happened here? They are not at all making it gender neutral. Did they make a quick change or did all the reports get it very wrong?
like sure, they’re making the whole brand potato head and mr potato head a subbrand, just like Mrs. was. Because it was obviously problematic to have a Mr. Potato Head brand Mrs. Potato Head. That’s not what the headlines said!