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Posts Tagged “my little pony”
Whitney and I went on PBS’s Off Book to talk about fan cultures recently. I was joined by my friend Amanda Brennan from Know Your Meme to talk about Bronies - fans of My Little Pony, and Whitney spoke on the subject of Holmies – fans of James Holmes. Also featured in the video are Alexa Dacre, fan fiction writer; Naomi Novik, Organization for Transformative Works; and Prof. Francesca Coppa, Muhlenberg College.
Every now and then a Twitter account comes along that’s so bad you can’t tell if it’s a joke or a legitimate freakshow. EpicABrony is just such an account.
He’s an atheist, which on it’s own isn’t a bad thing. Unless you’re an obnoxious Reddit atheist, in which case it’s as bad as an Evangelical. He’s a Brony, which, again, isn’t a bad thing on it’s own. Unless you’re a certain kind of obnoxious Brony, which he is.
But the icing on the cake is that he describes himself as a “Highly Active MRA.” For the uninitiated, MRA stands for Men’s Rights Advocates. Because it’s like, really hard being a man for some guys.
The cherries on top of the icing on top of this cake is his fedora, because of course it is.
EpicABrony is either a pitch perfect parody of a certain kind of annoying Redditor or he’s the genuine article. In a game of You Rage You Lose, he’s a super effective troll, which is what makes me think it’s all for the sake of parody. But he plays it so well it’s hard to call. Either way, EpicABrony is not the poster child Reddit asked for, but he’s the poster child Reddit deserves.
The new video series Idea Channel from PBS is really great. They’ve asked important questions like Is Miku Hatsune a More Authentic Pop Star Than Lana Del Rey, and Are Hologram Tupac and Hologram Freddie Mercury Nostalgia or New Aesthetic?
In the latest installment, host Mike Rugnetta asks if the large numbers of adult men who are genuine fans of My Little Pony are helping to re-shape the notion of masculinity. After all, the color pink was considered more appropriate for boys than girls up until the 1920s.
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