Conservatives are having a difficult time this week accepting the fact that a plastic toy does not, in fact, have a gender. Keeping pace with modern times, Hasbro announced on Thursday it’s giving Mr.
Potato Head a 21st Century upgrade with a whole potato family, including a gender-neutral potato. “It’s a potato,” Ali Mierzejewski, editor-in-chief of review site The Toy Insider, told the Associated Press (AP). “But kids like to see themselves in the toys they are playing with.” Hasbro’s decision stems from research on how real toddlers play with the hard plastic spud. “The sweet spot for the toy is two to three years old,” Kimberly Boyd, an SVP and GM at Hasbro, told Fast Company. “Kids like dressing up the toy, then playing out scenarios