Tag: Equestria Girls
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My Little Pony on The Pop Culture Lens
In the fourteenth episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher and I are joined by Aaron Kashtan of Miami University in Ohio (https://ogresfeathers.wordpress.com) to discuss the gendered and transmedia nature of the long-surviving and recently rejuvenated franchise, My Little Pony. Our discussion focuses on the distinctions between the earlier manifestations of this franchise and […]
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The Fetishistic Turn in My Little Pony
This blog post originally appeared at Clearance Bin Review almost a year ago, in consideration for the then upcoming release of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic movie Equestria Girls. Given my research on that topic, I decided to bring it here as well, under the umbrella that is the fractured fandom project. Almost […]
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When Audiences Collide: The Fractured Fandom of My Little Pony
This post comes from a presentation I will be giving at the Popular Culture Association conference in Chicago on April 18th, 2014. This presentation comes from the beginning of the research I am doing with the help of my research assistant, Elizabeth Robinson. It is also an expanded version of the presentation I gave at […]
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Equestria Girls Sequel: Rainbow Rocks
The first was apparently a big enough hit (in home video sales at least) for the hit animated series that a follow-up is coming this fall. My Little Pony‘s Equestria Girls are returning in a sequel called “Rainbow Rocks.” The trailer went out online a couple days ago, and Hasbro released it on their MLP:FIM Facebook […]
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Equestria Girls: Opening Soon!
J I was doing a search for a CBR article I am writing on the upcoming My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic movie, Equestria Girls, when I found it will be showing here in Chicago at the Music Box Theatre for three special events. So, fellow Chicago natives, who wants to join me and crowd out the […]
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Equestria Girls: Targeting Furries?
This will definitely be receiving more academic treatment from me, as I do some side projects on the issues of gender and reception surrounding My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. This new movie turns the ponies into quasi-humans (they retain their pony colors but in human form). Hasbro says they are trying to target teenage […]