TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Deceiving or disrupting the pink aisle? GoldieBlox, corporate narratives, and the gendered toy debate
JO  - Communication and critical-cultural studies
A1  - Hudak, Kasey Clawson
SP  - 158
EP  - 175
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
N2  - Using the coordinated management of meaning theory as a guide, this article examines critiques and commendations of toy company, GoldieBlox Inc.'s, goal of "disrupting the pink aisle." Notwithstanding capitalistic enterprise, it is argued that GoldieBlox's corporate narrative engages in an imperative social skill that its toys still lack: critical reflection. Although GoldieBlox's toys are rudimentary in their science, technology, engineering, and math designs, the company's corporate narrative--driven by its origin story, mission and vision statements, and marketing strategies--challenges a 100-year-old gendered toy tradition and prompts significant questions of gender representation and improbable beauty ideals in our children's toys.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1479-1420
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14791420.2016.1203966
ID  - ref1
ER  -