My Little Po-Mo: Unauthorized Critical Essays on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season Two

by Jen A. Blue

Overview

Grown men and women watch a cartoon made to sell toy horses to four-year-old girls. Now increasingly notorious, "bronies" have been called everything from sexual deviants to a bellwether of post-ironic culture, from misogynists to a vision of a future free from gender norms.

This second volume of essays in the My Little Po-Mo series combines critical analysis of the second season of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic with ethnographic examination of its fandom, with a focus on what might be called the "dark side" of the latter. Sex, death, and chaos, handled as only a children's cartoon can!

This volume includes:

-Critical essays on every episode of the second season
-Three essays presenting in-depth character studies of Rarity, Applejack, and Zecora
-A study of bronies as an aspirational fandom
-Essays exploring controversial aspects of bronies, including pornographic "clop," violent "grimdark" fan fiction, the "Derpygate" controversy, and fan aggression
-And more!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940046402780
Publisher:	Jen A. Blue
Publication date:	10/25/2014
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	517 KB

About the Author

Jen A. Blue is a third-generation geek and lifelong animation buff. She has a degree in English from George Mason University, and lives in Baltimore, where she is studying to become a therapist. She is proudly trans, gay, and Jewish, and starting to be pretty Buddhist, too. Her favorite pony is Fluttershy, her favorite captain is the Sisko, and her favorite Doctor is Peter Capaldi. You can find more of her writing and videos at JenABlue.com.