MLP in USA Today!

[Wardah]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2012/11/26/my-little-pony/1725375/

[Diamond]

Neat, nice to see the nod to when the line started as well in the first line.

[dxgirly]

Awww! They quoted Fahey from Kotaku! I love Kotaku!

[Malicieuse]

"It's the male fans, however, who have taken a kids' show and turned it into a pop-culture phenom."

Yeah...sure.

[popyduggan]

"It's the male fans, however, who have taken a kids' show and turned it into a pop-culture phenom."

Yeah...sure.

That's a weird thing for them to say since the line's been thriving for oh I dunno...30 years? At least it was nicely put and not all,"guys like ponies...weird innit?".

[Desert Rose]

"It's the male fans, however, who have taken a kids' show and turned it into a pop-culture phenom."

Yeah...sure.

That's a weird thing for them to say since the line's been thriving for oh I dunno...30 years?

Seconded.

Nice articel over all though and always nice to see the MLP's getting attention

[lovesbabysquirmy]

At least they focused on the charity aspect of the fandom... 

[KarentheUnicorn]

First sentence...

Where there are Ponies, there are little girls — and Bronies.

Since I'm not a little girl or a Brony where the heck does that leave me?


Second sentence...

The dynamic, happy-go-lucky horses of My Little Pony are riding higher than they ever have since their 1983 debut

I thought it was 1982.

[BrightIdea]

First sentence...

Where there are Ponies, there are little girls — and Bronies.

Since I'm not a little girl or a Brony where the heck does that leave me?

Haha, of course you can be there too   They didn't say ladies aren't fans or anything.

I think that is meant to be juxtaposition.  Little girls... and big grown up guys!  The rest of the article focuses on how appealing MLP is to all ages and genders, anyway.

[HollowZero]

"It's the male fans, however, who have taken a kids' show and turned it into a pop-culture phenom."

Yeah...sure.

It's unfortunately true. Male-dominated fanbases are always catered to, females are (usually) overlooked, unless it's something atrocious like Twilight or another book series I won't mention here.

[Malicieuse]

"It's the male fans, however, who have taken a kids' show and turned it into a pop-culture phenom."

Yeah...sure.

It's unfortunately true. Male-dominated fanbases are always catered to, females are (usually) overlooked, unless it's something atrocious like Twilight or another book series I won't mention here.

Well, we did have our own conventions and collector items and what not.
It annoys me that they only consider it important the moment guys get into it. I don't know what is worse, people who think it's kinda wierd for guys to like ponies or people who think guys liking ponies is something worthy of praise.

[hathorcat]

I think it seems to come across as a nice positive article And to be fair to it although it does push the brony angle a little, it gives me hope in sentences like "Audiences are responding, and not just dudes: My Little Pony (airing Saturday mornings at 10:30 ET) is one of the Hub's highest-rated series, and its season premiere earlier this month showed increases in child, adult and family demographics.". It shows that there is recognition for the show as having interest and value to everyone - collector and/or brony, girl or boy, adult or child.

[Wardah]

"It's the male fans, however, who have taken a kids' show and turned it into a pop-culture phenom."

Yeah...sure.

It's unfortunately true. Male-dominated fanbases are always catered to, females are (usually) overlooked, unless it's something atrocious like Twilight or another book series I won't mention here.

Well, we did have our own conventions and collector items and what not.
It annoys me that they only consider it important the moment guys get into it. I don't know what is worse, people who think it's kinda wierd for guys to like ponies or people who think guys liking ponies is something worthy of praise.

I think it has more to do with how female dominated fanbases tend to just kind of quietly stick to ourselves in our own corners of the internet. Male fans of all sorts tend to be more out there and vocal (both in positive ways and negative ways). Not too many of us female fans would go onto a gaming or comics forum and brag about our love of ponies in the past where as a lot of the new FIM fandom would post ponies anywhere and everywhere. So much so that a lot of places had to make a section just for pony talk.

[LadyMoondancer]

Re: 1982 / 1983.  The first toys are stamped "1982", but I believe they did first become widely available in stores in 1983.

The recent popularity has been an "epiphany" for Hub president and CEO Margaret Loesch, who was an executive producer for the original 1980s My Little Pony cartoon as well as for those of its fellow Hasbro toy franchises G.I. Joe and Transformers. (The Hub is a joint venture of Hasbro and Discovery.)

OMG.  We need to find a way to interview this lady!!

[BerryPunch]

That was a very nice little article, wish it would mention girl Bronies (hello! We exist!  ), but it's still a nice non-negative story.