MLP: Feminism Is Magic

A safe space to celebrate the feminism in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

[feminismismagic]

So I know I’ve been super absent on this blog

but I’m catching up on watching ponies now, and I’d just like to say that I’m super salty about Moondancer’s design??

of course the awkward nerd pony has the “unattractive” design choice. She’s exactly like Twilight, BUT her tail’s a mess, she wears her bangs up in a crazy ponytail, she has huge/broken glasses, and her eyebrows are unkempt

I think deciding to make her the only pony with visibly ungroomed eyebrows is really rubbed me the wrong way :\ The other ones I could probably excuse, but when none of the other ponies I can think of have had thick eyebrows?? Like that really wasn’t necessary for anything aside to push her into the unattractive nerd girl stereotype... I thought this show was better than that, come on

[teachagainstfascism]

mainstream tumblr feminism may have many glaring faults but it has bred an army of teenage girls who understand the common ways that misogyny is reinforced in society and who know that they’re better off loving their fellow woman than fighting with her and that’s actually pretty damn revolutionary

[feminismismagic]

It is a human tendency that there will be people who poorly represent their respective groups, but that shouldn't dissuade people from identifying or standing for what they believe in if the cause is right, and they are kind and respectful. I've been following you for a while, and I highly respect you and the way you conduct yourself. Keep up the good work!

Thank you, I totally agree with that! I don't think that the fact that feminism is so misrepresented in mainstream, that people should just avoid the label. Nothing's going to change if that keeps happening, anyways!

And aww, I'm blushing at your compliment :3

[feminismismagic]

different anon. I hope you'll forgive me for saying, but I think the label isn't quite as important as the act. For my own part I've had some unpleasant encounters with people identifying as feminists in the past, and while I'm not condemning the movement, I just want to show why some might be leery of it. If someone prefers to be egalitarian, or not have a label at all but tries to help people I don't see the problem. And for the record, your brand of feminism has never bothered me, keep it up.

I understand that some people don't like the label because of the negative connotation or not agreeing with people who have identified as fememininsts, and that's fine :) I personally disagree with that train of thought myself, but I do understand why some people feel that way, and I'm not going to tell you not to! The beliefs and the actions are the important part, you're right! Thanks for the reminder :)

That last anon seemed to be disagreeing with the ideas of feminism, though, which is less understandable to me :(

[feminismismagic]

Question. Don't you think that its too much to be all about feminism? Just like tone it down maybe? well. im a girl who doesnt give a single flying fuck aboot feminism. i think its just stupid. its a war that is not gonna be won.

Oh, I'm so sorry for you, girls who don't care about feminism really hurt my heart. I truly 100% can't understand how there are girls out there that don't support equality for women. You're happy to be paid less than men, to be shamed and scrutinized for how you choose to dress, to be constantly put in a place of competition with other girls, and to have old white men argue about what you can and can't do with your body? I'm not the kind of person to tell people what to do, but I really don't understand not wanting equality for yourself and your fellow women.

Not to mention that feminists of the past are the reason you have the right to vote, and can have a career, and are no longer considered the property of your father and then your husband.

I really don't understand why you're asking me to tone it down either, because I tend to practice and preach a fairly tame version of feminism -- I'm all for being inclusive and positive, and I never tear down other people to bring myself up. Plus I also have a bunch of posts that are just general positivity from the show, so it's not even like my blog is 100% feminism.

TL;DR no, I don't think it's too much, because feminism is important to me, and I think it should be important to you too.

[spainimation]

Buy this as a poster! http://sophiecabra.storenvy.com/

[feminismismagic]

can I just say I finally saw Rainbow Rocks this weekend and wow it was super cute, I really enjoyed it :) The songs are all catchy, and I think Sunset Shimmer might be my new favorite (side) character

Also, they really stepped up the character design this movie, no more skirts-and-gogo-boots for everyone 24/7

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[frogmunist-deactivated20190724]

Ignore the fact I reblogged this from the most red piece of shit alive, can someone see if this is real?

[poppypicklesticks-blog]

That’s nice dear, let me know which women should go down the coal mines or on the oil rigs if you think you can live without men 

[ponyprincessesforjustice]

Given how none of Ariana’s tweets don’t share this photo’s writing style, and given that none of Ariana’s tweets talk about things related to feminism, I’m gonna say no.

However, I’m going to look, just to be sure.

I scrolled down her twitter, and although I could only get to July, I found an archive with all her tweets.

(If June 30 isn’t on this page, go to the next page.)

It’s not real, and feminists are just putting words in other people’s mouths just to pretend to be empowered/victimized.

-Chrysalis

[feminismismagic]

I'm gonna go ahead and say that I find it far more likely this is the work of an anti-feminist trying to elicit that exact response from you (or perhaps just trying to get people to send hate to Ariana?), rather than a feminist trying to be "empowered/victimized." Nothing about this fake tweet is empowering or victimizing? I don't think it could be any more clearly mocking feminism if it tired.

[feminismismagic]

I've been reading your recent posts, and I find myself confused. What are your opinions on men and Caucasian people?

I’m not quite sure what you mean?

I assume the Caucasian people comment is in response to the post about white feminism? I’m going to start off by saying that I myself am white, tbh. And that post just felt important to me, because I know that in feminism, there have been times when it excluded black women (ie when sufferage was a thing, a lot of the mainstream feminist movement excluded black women because they didn’t want to have to split the focus of their movement.)  And I do think it’s important to remember that women of other colors should be included, because I think it’s easy to forget that different people of different backgrounds sometimes have different issues to deal with. And yes, white privilege is a thing, but it doesn’t make anyone a bad person if that’s the opinion you’re waiting on. But recognizing that it exists is important.

Also I’m assuming my most recent post about men is the friend-zone one? Because just a few posts under that is the gifset of Emma Watson talking about how feminism is a men’s issue too. So I guess my opinion on men is that I dislike dudebros but as a whole I don’t have a problem with them as long as their not being problematic?

Hope that answers your question :)

[nekozneko]

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[666goneforever-deactivated20220]

reminder to myself and other feminists who are white:

we didn’t start feminism

we don’t own it

just because an issue doesn’t affect us directly doesn’t make it any less important 

we have privilege  

[misanthrpologie]

Saving Face (2012), acid attacks on women in Pakistan

[catsagainstfeminism]

Meanwhile, in America, feminists are complaining about how dress codes are oppressive.

You idiots have never experienced oppression, and pray you never do, because this is what it looks like.

[earthlydreams-deactivated201709]

As a South Asian American feminist, let me remind everyone that oppression is not a competition.

Just because we fight one type of sexism doesn’t mean we don’t care about other instances of sexism that don’t affect us directly in our day to day lives.

My heart goes out to this woman and the hundreds of other victims like her. I want to educate people about these kinds of incidents. I support organizations that help women like this.

You may think that dress code issues are trivial, but they are related to a larger issue of women’s bodily autonomy, which affects women’s health and safety.

So please, let’s try to bring awareness and bring about change instead of insulting entire groups of people because they are facing issues that are less scary than the one presented.

[thecuckoohaslanded]

“oppression is not a competition”

thank you so much for this wording

[beatingsofabesottedheart2]

And jackasses who use tragedies like this as a “GOTCHA FEMINISTS!!” card hardly care about South Asian women. 

[unclebabie]

You can’t pick and choose what parts of feminism you want. You can’t support your queer sisters but not your trans sisters. You can’t support your fat sisters but not your sisters of colour. Being a feminist means creating a positive and equal space for women. The second you start excluding women based on which characteristics you do or do not find appealing you have defeated the whole point of being a feminist.

[sizvideos]

Video

[thiccherry]

slay hun

[mothensidhe-deactivated20151028]

I LOVE HER MORE AND MORE

[floozys-deactivated20180908]

my feminist goal is not to convince men that girls are of value, my feminist goal is to achieve a future where the judgement of our value isn’t in the hands of men. 

[floozys-deactivated20180908]

and this goes for, especially goes for, trans girls, girls of colour, disabled girls and LGBTQA+ girls. 

girls, all girls, and if you believe otherwise don’t reblog this.

[feminismismagic]

Probably not the best place to ask this but considering you like both feminism and Twilight Sparkle it's worth a shot. Do you know any good resources where I can pick up recommendations/reviews of women's literature? It's something I've come to enjoy and while I know it shouldn't bother me and it might sound pathetic I get very nervous browsing them in shops as I do get some odd looks, it would help if I had an idea of what to look for.

Unfortunately, I don't have a chance to read much, and when I do it's usually really bad teen fiction lol (seriously the last book I read was Divergent and though I liked it overall the romance was soooo poorly done, but I digress)

However -- I have heard that goodreads.com is an excellent resource for looking at books, if you just search "women's literature" or whatever critera you're looking for you should be able to find something to your tastes :) It looks like it'll give you a description of the books, and even help you find somewhere to buy them.

Also, if any of my followers have any better suggestions for this Anon I'd love to hear them!

[feminismismagic]

I am curious...what type of feminist are you? Are you the one that actually tries to go out and fight real oppression in other countries (be it by raising awareness or donating money to organizations trying to help it), or are you one of the feminists that blames everything on men and the patriarchy?

Well, I'd like to point out that as a college student I don't really have an opportunity to impact anything in the ways that you're suggesting, I don't really have the funds to donate to anything or really do anything on a scale that could make a change besides blogging about my opinions.

I'm just a person that believes in full equality for women, and yes I do think there are problems with the patriarchy. I am 100% against any of the "real" oppression that goes on in other countries, but I am going to admit as a white queer college kid in america, I also do have a lot of feeling about what you would probably consider smaller/less important issues, judging by the tone of this message. If I could find a way to make a difference about the way women are treated in some other countries, I would definitely get behind that. I don't want to sound like I'm belittling those larger struggles, but from where I am and the scale on which I feel I can affect anything, I'm kind of in a place where everyone knows about the big things like that, and it's much easier to try to change someone's mind about slut-shaming and rape culture than it is to try to, like, abolish the sex industry.

So yes, I am the kind of feminist that's going to sit here and tell you that there are still problems with equality in America, and that just because they're ingrained in our society that doesn't make them non-issues. Yes on the big scale they're less important than girls being mutilated and murdered, but from my frame of view small scale is much easier to access, and also something that shouldn't just be ignored because "oh, other people have it worse."

We know that other people have it worse, but if I can change someone's mind about maybe something they've said to a girl in the past, or a hurtful opinion that they've had, that's still a victory. And for me that's important.