Tuesday, February 7, 2012

 Bronies, Friendship is Magic and Men who love ‘My Little Pony’

And the women who love them? No? This article is very "I don't like your tone buddy!" but it's worth a read anyway. You can read the original article here and then there is a follow up with a few corrections here. The coverage of all this FiM/Brony movement is bothering me in was I can't explain and this article is a part of it. I can't quite put my finger on what about it is rubbing me the wrong way. Is it me or are you also feeling a weird vibe from the media on this? (0)

 Welcome to the Herd: A Feminist Watches My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

This article is a really interesting read, highly recommend it. 

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 My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic, bronies and how it all started on 4chan

Pony Up Haters: How 4chan Gave Birth to the Bronies (via BetaBeat) (0)

 An overview and review of the 2011 My Little Pony Fair Convention from Sequential Tart

Sheena gives the convention a nice, big write-up here: My Little Pony Fair 2011: Hasbro Beckons (0)

title pic What anyone that markets to girls should learn from My Little Pony Friendship is Magic’s success

Posted by Hillary on August 21, 2011

LOVE this quote from The Unlikely Origins Of The Brony, Or Bros Who Like ‘My Little Pony’ on Jezebel: The Hub has embraced Bronies in it’s marketing, and hopefully other executives are taking note. They key to a successful children’s program isn’t churning out increasingly stereotyped shows in which girls pretend to be princesses and [...]