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PRAISE BE

Wendyā€™s is doing the same thing.

Will wonders never cease.

Reblogging this because it keeps showing up on my dash and I keep not-quite raining on the parade, but it seems like everyone thinks this means something different than it does, so I guess Iā€™ll rain on it a little bit.

Iā€™m afraid this motion has nothing to do with conquering the gender binary or whatever Tumblr is really happy about to be reblogging it so heavily. Itā€™s not about making little children feel like they can get whichever toy they prefer. Itā€™d be nice if it was, but Iā€™d be shocked if that was the case.

No, the girl toy here is a My Little Pony. Which means that the *real* reason for this notice is that a bunch of bronies, as there are bajillions of photos and videos of them doing, are coming into fast food restaurants and buying several happy meals. They threw pissy fits when asked if they wanted the ā€œboy or girlā€ toy, insisting that My Little Pony isnā€™t for girls or whatever, again, only saying this because of overwhelming evidence that bronies do this shit. Management eventually has enough of it, asks employees to just ask if people want Skylanders or My Little Pony so they wonā€™t have any more disgusted bronies getting mad that their precious fandom is targeted at crappy dumb little girls.

So the short version is: this little paper unfortunately means the exact opposite of what you think it means, socially speaking. It was put up because grown-ass men get all pissy when itā€™s suggested that they like a thing for girls.

Proof: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/04/editorial-how-to-buy-mcdonalds-ponies.html <ā€” this was posted on the netā€™s biggest brony hive on April 10, 2014. So yeah, this is sadly not about anything else but how awful bronies are, sorry.

siiiiiiigh

Bronies ruin everything.

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So the outcome SEEMS like itā€™s gender neutral, while the ACTION is actually male (Brony) as the default (customer). I justā€¦ I will never get this Broni thing? Ok? Never. I wasnā€™t a MLP girl as a child, but this thing makes it hard to even get INTO it now.

And just brings up a thing I saw the other day – where someone was wishing AppleJack and Rainbowdash could be made to act and appear ā€more feminineā€™.

ā€¦ Yeah. Not even my fandom and Iā€™M all WTF?!

I canā€™t even.

A few months ago, Iā€™d have tried to ā€˜feelā€™ it by imagining if Fedoras took over She-Ra or JEM. But then, Fedoras actually took over JEM so – yeah.

I am never going to be ok with Bronies and hereā€™s why. The first time I met my boyfriendā€™s nieces, I was chatting with their mom and I noticed that they are all in love with MLP.Ā  And I mentioned the movie and she said they went once, but she decided not to take them again because the first time there had been too many adult men without children in the audience.

So, the reason Iā€™m not ok with it is that adult men have taken over a space intended for young girls.Ā  And theyā€™ve done so in a way that makes that space no longer safe for young girls.Ā 

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Well fuck. When you say that?

ā€¦

At first part of me felt and generally does feel someway, about assumptions on non-child accompanied men in certain places.Ā  Bear with me. My mind goes to widowers/grieving parents, male queer couples contemplating parenthood and people who only physically seem adult but mentally are not. Then my mind goes to what I know some women have gotten away with re: societal attitudes about women without children in child oriented spaces.

Then my mind flicked to being in a theater, with a bunch of adults reacting in adult ways and those adult ways being full of misogyny and rape culture and the hard sexual element that seems to be part of ā€˜Broni-hoodā€™ – and two little kids sitting in the middle of all that. [emphasis mine]

And now I realize, thatā€™s not the only part. The chance to bond with peers via an expedition to the movie of a beloved franchise? Youā€™d now have to group together and buy out a show and thus it all be people you kind of know already. No chance of your kids, your girls, giggling and making eye-contact with someone else their age wearing a certain t-shirt, etcā€¦

Itā€™s an invasion of a woman only space, or at least a majority woman only space – that these assholes think and unfortunately ARE getting away with – because itā€™s a ā€˜junior woman only spaceā€™. And their attitude is not just that women donā€™t count, itā€™s that young women – young girls donā€™t count. Young girls donā€™t get to have ANYTHING. Not even the things propped up in pink – not if itā€™s deemed ā€˜good enough that it SHOULD be for ā€˜BOYS/MENā€™.

I guess I should rephrase my ā€˜donā€™t getā€™ with ā€˜wonā€™t accept the bullshit ofā€™ – cause I DO get the message; ā€œGirls donā€™t get ANYTHING.ā€ And itā€™s fucked up.

On the surface; MLP or Skylanders should be gender neutral. But it isnā€™t. It CANā€™T be when what precipitated the change was ā€˜the social stigma of girlhoodā€™.

The second I saw what the toys were I knew it was the bronies.

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Reposting this so it’ll show up in tags anew. :)Ā  Had a couple inquiries on Sunday night, but have not heard back from those folks, so let’s move on and get some fresh eyes on these.

I’M SELLIN SOME PONEHS

  • ApplejackĀ  x 2 – $4 each All gone!
  • Pinkie Pie x 2 – $4 each – One Left
  • Twilight Sparkle – $4
  • Spike x 2 – $3 each
  • Applejack blind bag – $1

The AJ, Pinkie, and Twi with the molded hair all came from a giftset that I bought multiples of back when I made some customs as gifts.Ā  The Spikes came from the same set.Ā  All pieces are in like-new condition, perhaps a little dusty since theyā€™ve been sitting on top of a bookshelf on display.

C-C-C-C-C-COMBOS: 3 for $10.Ā  AJ blind bag is free with any two ponies (including 3 for $10).

Shipping within the US will be about $3-4 or so, Iā€™m guessing?Ā  I will have to get you a quote depending on where you live.Ā  US only, please, since I havenā€™t taken a very close look at the recent USPS increases for international shipping.

Send me an ask with which pieces you want, your ZIP code, and PayPal email.Ā  Your ZIP is just for a shipping estimate, I will not be replying to these publicly.Ā  Along those lines, I wont be responding to anons, since I need to be able to respond privately.

I will reply with a shipping estimate and if weā€™re cool, Iā€™ll invoice you via PayPal.Ā  I can ship these out starting tomorrow.

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UP TO DATE AS OF 2/17, 11:10 AM ET

Cleaning my desk today, I decided to pare down my ponies and get rid of duplicates.Ā  These are the ponies I have that I would like to sell!

  • ApplejackĀ  x 2 – $4 each All gone!
  • Pinkie Pie x 2 – $4 each – One Left
  • Twilight Sparkle – $4
  • Spike x 2 – $3 each
  • Applejack blind bag – $1

The AJ, Pinkie, and Twi with the molded hair all came from a giftset that I bought multiples of back when I made some customs as gifts.Ā  The Spikes came from the same set.Ā  All pieces are in like-new condition, perhaps a little dusty since they’ve been sitting on top of a bookshelf on display.

C-C-C-C-C-COMBOS: 3 for $10.Ā  AJ blind bag is free with any two ponies (including 3 for $10).

Shipping within the US will be about $3-4 or so, I’m guessing?Ā  I will have to get you a quote depending on where you live.Ā  US only, please, since I haven’t taken a very close look at the recent USPS increases for international shipping.

Send me an ask with which pieces you want, your ZIP code, and PayPal email.Ā  I will reply with a shipping estimate and if we’re cool, I’ll invoice you via PayPal.Ā  I can ship these out starting tomorrow.

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I’m taking advance orders for TrotCon! That is, if anyone takes me up on the offer. ^_^;Ā  I’ve never done this before, so we get to ~learn together~.

Use the coupon code to take off the shipping, and then pick up your order at the convention!Ā  My artist alley table should be under “Alex Heberling”. :)