{"id":1420788,"date":"2022-04-05T20:29:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T00:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420788"},"modified":"2022-04-05T20:29:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T00:29:50","slug":"root-for-a-girls-team-frito-lay-introduces-cracker-jill-to-honor-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/root-for-a-girls-team-frito-lay-introduces-cracker-jill-to-honor-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Root for a Girls Team&#039;: Frito-Lay Introduces &#039;Cracker Jill&#039; to Honor Women&#039;s Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Froot-for-a-girls-team-frito-lay-introduces-cracker-jill-to-honor-womens-sports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420788&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Pour out your Cracker Jacks and make way for \u201cCracker Jill,\u201d a new mascot from Frito-Lay to honor women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fritolay.com\/frito-lay%C2%AE-introduces-cracker-jilltm-to-support-and-celebrate-women-in-sports\">press release<\/a> on Tuesday, Frito-Lay announced it will commit $200,000 to the Women\u2019s Sports Foundation and that the new Cracker Jill character seeks to \u201ccelebrate the women who break down barriers in sports.\u201d The character features five different renditions from multiple different ethnicities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are constantly inspired by the many women who are making history by breaking the mold, and we want to celebrate their achievements while supporting the progress,\u201d\u00a0said Tina Mahal, vice president of marketing at Frito-Lay North America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCracker Jack has been part of sports for over a century, as records were made and rules changed. We\u2019ve been so inspired by how girls and women are changing the face of the game, so in this spirit, we introduce Cracker Jill to show girls that they\u2019re represented even in our most iconic snacks,\u201d Mahal added.<\/p>\n<p>Frito-Lay created a whole new commercial featuring singer Normani doing a rendition of <em>Take Me Out to the Ball Game<\/em>, in which the lyrics are switched to make it more female-centric.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBuy me some peanuts and Cracker Jills,\u201d sings Normani, \u201cNo one can stop you if you have the will. So let\u2019s root, root, root for a girl\u2019s team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s Sports Federation CEO\u00a0Danette Leighton said it\u2019s \u201cwonderful to see Cracker Jill come to life, emphasizing the power that representation can have by celebrating women who\u2019ve broken barriers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Normani added she was \u201cproud to be part of a campaign entrenched in inclusivity and empowerment because it\u2019s vital for young girls to see themselves represented and join in on the celebration of the achievements made by the women before them.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>The new Cracker Jill ad celebrating women\u2019s sports comes as women\u2019s sports face near extinction with the sudden inclusion of biological males competing alongside biological women due to transgender activism. Several prominent female athletes, including tennis icon\u00a0Martina Navratilova and British Olympian\u00a0Nicole Cooke, have publicly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/04\/04\/british-olympian-says-trans-athletes-must-compete-separate-category\/\">called <\/a>for a new category of competition that will allow transgender athletes to compete with each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pour out your Cracker Jacks and make way for \u201cCracker Jill,\u201d a new mascot from Frito-Lay to honor women\u2019s sports. 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