The Board Game That Turns Feminism Into a Joke

First we have to choose the pieces we’ll play with.

There are many options: an airplane (“It’s how I get around the world at a moment’s notice!” the game’s packaging explains), a barbell (“Love my mornings at the gym!”), a journal (“It’s full of ideas!”), a wine glass (“Put your energy into empowering others, and your glass will always be half full!”), and a watch (“Don’t you agree it’s time for some change?”). There’s also a standard top hat—this one painted white (“Mr. Monopoly isn’t the only one who can rock a top hat. And that white sure makes a statement!”).

Shrugging, I pick the wine glass. Shrugging, Andrew picks the hat. We set up the board.

We’re playing Ms. promoting the game—the one that , after it was originally posted last fall, and that is … if you haven’t seen it already, you should probably just watch it: