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Lesbian ponies coming to Discovery Family kids show
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Ubiquitous
Jun 19, 2019, 7:39:37 AM6/19/19
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The children's show 'My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic' on Discovery Family
Channel will be introducing a new lesbian couple .. of ponies.. in an episode
airing the week of June 16, one of the show's writers announced.
The episode "The Last Crusade" will feature ponies Aunt Holiday and Auntie
Loft, and writer Michael Vogel tweeted about the TV premier of the two
characters, relating the moment to Pride Month.
That tweet resulted in a few flame wars on Twitter, (which Vogel pretty
successfully avoided being dragged into but did snark-Tweet about), as well
as various messages of support for the move.
He also made sure to be expressly clear about the characters, and not to try
to walk a line of ambiguous implication.
Daily Wire's Paul Bois points out that in an interview with Buzzfeed, Vogel,
who is gay, stated that "diversity and representation" are his top concern in
writing kid's shows.
"Diversity and representation are important for kids for so many reasons, and
it's my first priority on everything I work on," Vogel told Buzzfeed. "'My
Little Pony' has always been about friendship and accepting people (or
ponies) that are different from you. So it just felt like something important
to do."
Vogel has, in the past, Tweeted about LGBT actvism, as well as on the topic
of Christians and Christianity, and that came up again after the news about
the episode got around social media.
The writer is expressly framing the depiction of the characters in terms of
activism, and as an effort to advance the ideals and values he holds. That is
important to note, because when anyone who does object says so, they'll be
characterized as paranoid for suggesting it's a form of activism, despite the
fact that the writer intends it to be so and treats it as such himself.
Still, the respectful and calm tweeting, and the abundance of LGBT characters
and storylines on TV will probably mean this creates less of splash than it
would have just a few years ago, and will end up under considerably less
controversy.
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Watching Democrats come up with schemes to "catch Trump" is like watching
Wile E. Coyote trying to catch Road Runner.
Channel will be introducing a new lesbian couple .. of ponies.. in an episode
airing the week of June 16, one of the show's writers announced.
The episode "The Last Crusade" will feature ponies Aunt Holiday and Auntie
Loft, and writer Michael Vogel tweeted about the TV premier of the two
characters, relating the moment to Pride Month.
That tweet resulted in a few flame wars on Twitter, (which Vogel pretty
successfully avoided being dragged into but did snark-Tweet about), as well
as various messages of support for the move.
He also made sure to be expressly clear about the characters, and not to try
to walk a line of ambiguous implication.
Daily Wire's Paul Bois points out that in an interview with Buzzfeed, Vogel,
who is gay, stated that "diversity and representation" are his top concern in
writing kid's shows.
"Diversity and representation are important for kids for so many reasons, and
it's my first priority on everything I work on," Vogel told Buzzfeed. "'My
Little Pony' has always been about friendship and accepting people (or
ponies) that are different from you. So it just felt like something important
to do."
Vogel has, in the past, Tweeted about LGBT actvism, as well as on the topic
of Christians and Christianity, and that came up again after the news about
the episode got around social media.
The writer is expressly framing the depiction of the characters in terms of
activism, and as an effort to advance the ideals and values he holds. That is
important to note, because when anyone who does object says so, they'll be
characterized as paranoid for suggesting it's a form of activism, despite the
fact that the writer intends it to be so and treats it as such himself.
Still, the respectful and calm tweeting, and the abundance of LGBT characters
and storylines on TV will probably mean this creates less of splash than it
would have just a few years ago, and will end up under considerably less
controversy.
--
Watching Democrats come up with schemes to "catch Trump" is like watching
Wile E. Coyote trying to catch Road Runner.
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