A 13-year-old tells the audience that she's working on an invention that'll detect lead in drinking water. Each one is filmed preparing for their career goals, from mixing delicate chemicals in a laboratory to carefully testing the consistency of soil.ДЄ 16-year-old says she's working on an invention that'll detect the amount of harmful dyes in soft drinks and other sugary products. Then, it pans over to a delightful montage of ambitious young women. The ad starts off with a bleak statistic: women hold just 10 percent of all patented inventions. To be clear, these young women-Sophia Wang, Gitanjali Rao, and Ava Canney-are doing amazing work to better the world, and even if Hasbro's intents are less than genuine, I'm happy to see them receive public recognition.Between the infamous Peloton commercial, the wild Boyhood wannabe that ended up being a Subway ad, and the endless #girlboss marketing reminding you that even women can be part of the capitalist machine, 2019 was a year for advertising.Д«ut nothing quite tops this one, which was released in September but resurfaced in a viral tweet on Friday. Monopoly promo spot, focusing on three teenage female inventors, each of whom Hasbro awarded with $20,580 to help fund their future projects or endeavors. Their new 'women start with more' rule arguably propagates the old straw man argument that 'feminism is about putting women above men in society!' -the one you often hear from Very Angry Menв„ў who don't actually know anything about feminism. Right off the bat, Hasbro seems to take a reductive approach to feminism. It's regular Monopoly, except with a ' fun spin.where women have an advantage often enjoyed by men.'ДЄnd oh God, Hasbro's marketing is just all over the place. Monopoly' because women and stuff.' White Male Hasbro Executive #1: 'It's genius. That's the one where people point out that our executive management team is made up of seven white men, one white woman, and zero minorities, right?' White Male Hasbro Executive #4: 'Yeah, but let's just focus on the part about how we pay our female employees less.' White Male Hasbro Executive #2: 'So what if we made a Monopoly variant where we just pay women more than men? And call it 'Ms. Feminism?' White Male Hasbro Executive #3: 'Oh right. White Male Hasbro Executive #1: 'What do liberals like?' White Male Hasbro Executive #2: 'I don't know. It would be a pretty cool concept if Hasbro wasn't so obviously looking to profit off important social issues. Also, all of the buyable spaces are replaced by inventions made by women, which players can invest in. Monopoly is simple: It's just like regular Monopoly, except women start with $1,900 (men start with $1,500) and collect an extra $40 every time they pass Go.

Monopoly allegedly tries to tackle-since Lizzie Magie, a talented, innovate female game designer, had her hard work stolen by a man who took all the credit and profit (although Ms. In fact, the history of Monopoly itself is a perfect example of the sexist culture Ms. By writing about this, I'm playing into the hands of the exact breed of late-stage capitalism that Hasbro thrives on, the same one that Monopoly's original inventor aimed to lambaste. I realize that those mixed feelings are entirely by design.

I have very mixed feelings about Hasbro's Ms.

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