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CocoNatts Since: Apr, 2010
#1: Dec 28th 2010 at 6:44:20 PM

Some Woman named Kathleen Richter called the new My Little Pony Show "My Little Homophobic, Racist, Smart-Shaming Pony" in this article

http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/12/09/my-little-homophobic-racist-smarts-shaming-pony/

Faust's Rebuttal is made of AWESOMESAUCE

http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/12/24/my-little-non-homophobic-non-racist-non-smart-shaming-pony-a-rebuttal/

Ronka87 Since: Jun, 2009
#2: Dec 28th 2010 at 7:26:12 PM

Wow, that first article was astonishingly assumptive. "Purple ponies must represent black people!" They're fucking ponies! "The only black ponies are servants!" They look gray to me and they aren't exactly "servants," they're soldiers guarding the princess. "The ponies with a rainbow mane must be a lesbian and also this is stereotyping lesbians as tomboys!" WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF?!?! And all the pictures are from the website— I get the impression the author didn't even watch the show! Way to research.

The response article was pretty classy, focusing on the merits of the show and the effort behind it, although it's also kinda sad. Execs not wanting to do an epic cartoon for girls because "the ratings aren't there" sucks royally, and I don't think it's true. As a little girl I LOVED "boys" cartoons because they had humour, action, intriguing storylines, and distinctive characters. I know I'm not the only one. But then, this isn't the place to moan about that.

Props to Faust.

boobustuber on a horse from hey what did i just say Since: Apr, 2010
on a horse
#3: Dec 28th 2010 at 7:57:44 PM

Someone is taking a kids' pony cartoon too seriously. And drawing too many conclusions.

PrincessGwenevere Ooh, sparkly! from Coat Mountain Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Ooh, sparkly!
#4: Dec 28th 2010 at 8:10:40 PM

Moral of the story is: Don't screw with Lauren Faust.

Whoever wrote the offending article is a moron. How do PONIES have a race?

"I feel like I'm on a raft and surrounding me is an ocean of dumb."- Mr. Sark
Bur from Flyover Country (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#5: Dec 29th 2010 at 9:07:45 AM

They magically develope a race depending on a commentator's need for them to have one. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magically Racist. [lol]

Faust is [awesome][awesome][awesome]. That was a very classy response to a very unclassy critic.

BrawlerGamma2 Since: Dec, 1969
#6: Mar 24th 2011 at 6:35:21 PM

And Richter was all, "Blahblahblah Rainbows Blahblahblah Racist Blahblahblah Stereotypes!" And then Faust was all like, reasonable, and nonoffensive. It was great.

Why does Richter Vs Faust sound so epic?

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#7: Mar 24th 2011 at 6:56:35 PM

Worth mentioning that Faust got an appology from the website owners.

I was contacted directly by one of the editors of the blog. She graciously apologized that the post had not been more closely vetted, and offered me the opportunity to write a rebuttal.

Here

VampireBuddha Calendar enthusiast from Ireland (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
I Am The Walrus
#9: Mar 25th 2011 at 7:30:54 PM

Lauren should have brought The Powerpuff Girls into the scene against this critic.

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Pannic Since: Jul, 2009
#10: Mar 25th 2011 at 8:33:08 PM

Well, to be fair, there are a lot of people who think Rainbow Dash is a lesbian.

BlackVion Brother from NYC Since: Jan, 2001
Brother
#11: Mar 25th 2011 at 9:02:28 PM

[up]That's a fandom joke that got a bit out of hand.

Gelzo Gerald Zosewater from the vault Since: Oct, 2009
Gerald Zosewater
#12: Mar 26th 2011 at 10:30:56 PM

Joke?

Griffon the Brush-Off was all kinds of subtext-y.

Ruining everything forever.
Deathonabun Bunny from the bedroom Since: Jan, 2001
Bunny
#13: Mar 26th 2011 at 10:32:13 PM

And then of course there's the end of Sonic Rainboom...

So maybe her barn door swings both ways?

One of my few regrets about being born female is the inability to grow a handlebar mustache. -Landstander
JusticeMan You complete me. from Maryland ! Since: Mar, 2011
You complete me.
#14: Mar 26th 2011 at 10:40:51 PM

Her rebuttal made sense regardless of whether she's gay or not, as it should.

"She is a tomboy, but nowhere in the show is her sexual orientation ever referenced. As we all know, there are plenty of straight tomboys in the world, and assuming they are lesbians is extremely unfair to both straight and lesbian tomboys"

Let's make a TCG!
Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#15: Mar 26th 2011 at 11:10:49 PM

[up][up] So I am not the only one who felt it was her declaring her plans for a threesome with 2 wonderbolts?

Deathonabun Bunny from the bedroom Since: Jan, 2001
Bunny
#16: Mar 26th 2011 at 11:22:58 PM

Threesome?

I have a reason to believe that she went and found the other 4 Wonderbolts afterwards and had a full on orgy.

One of my few regrets about being born female is the inability to grow a handlebar mustache. -Landstander
Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#17: Mar 26th 2011 at 11:46:51 PM

Celebrating her Sonic Rainboom with a Sonic Rainbang?

edited 26th Mar '11 11:47:11 PM by Ghilz

Deathonabun Bunny from the bedroom Since: Jan, 2001
Bunny
#18: Mar 26th 2011 at 11:48:30 PM

Yer daaaaaaaamn skippy.

One of my few regrets about being born female is the inability to grow a handlebar mustache. -Landstander
Surenity Since: Aug, 2009
#19: Mar 28th 2011 at 1:26:40 AM

This interview made her seem all the more awesome to me. Turns out a lot of my favorite parts in Cats Dont Dance were her idea.

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kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#20: Mar 28th 2011 at 7:55:30 AM

She.... worked on Cats Dont Dance!?

LAUREN FAUST IS AWESOME!!!!

Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
Oh My
#21: Mar 28th 2011 at 12:58:18 PM

..........................................

I have to watch this pony shit now. HAVE TO.

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
Deathonabun Bunny from the bedroom Since: Jan, 2001
Bunny
#22: Mar 28th 2011 at 1:03:53 PM

Excellent...

One of my few regrets about being born female is the inability to grow a handlebar mustache. -Landstander
Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
Oh My
#23: Mar 28th 2011 at 1:06:26 PM

Well I have already seen one episode and thought it was adorable and generally enjoy seeing the ponies and have for a while now...Now I'm just going to actually watch the shit beyond said one episode.

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
MagmarFire For Science! from Behind you. Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
#24: Sep 3rd 2011 at 6:15:43 PM

Yeah, you don't mess with Lauren Faust unless you want to walk away with your tail in between your legs.

...It would've been better if she pointed out the logical fallacy that Ms. Richter used in her (FIRST!) argument, though. :/

Hell hath no fury like a computer science student bored.
FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
Trickster.
#25: Sep 3rd 2011 at 6:42:41 PM

I will just leave this here

Webcomic of the girl that critisized Lauren[down]

_Lauren's amazing drawing skills

P.D Lauren really is amazing!

edited 3rd Sep '11 6:50:29 PM by FallenLegend

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