Author: Taylor Ramage

On Loving Rarity and Unlearning Internalized Misogyny

I fully realized/accepted during BronyCon 2016 that Rarity is my favorite pony. Technically, I more or less knew this last year and it should be obvious given that I spent a good five minutes talking about her in my 2015 panel. However, I still maintained that I didn’t really have a favorite pony. At first,… Continue reading On Loving Rarity and Unlearning Internalized Misogyny

The Gospel of Bronycon

This past weekend, I attended my second Bronycon as a panelist. I reunited with my teammates from last year and we presented a panel called “Cutie Marks and Branding: The Importance of Social and Mythological Identity Formation Among Friends.” The turnout was great and we got overwhelmingly positive feedback on our presentation! One person even… Continue reading The Gospel of Bronycon

Showbread is Showdead: Raw Rock Kills One Last Time

During my college days and ever after, three bands have had a tremendous impact on my theology: Showbread, Thrice, and mewithoutYou. Thrice bowed out for a while, but came back with another album recently. mewithoutYou shows no signs of slowing down. But Showbread has bid us all a radically fond farewell, killing us one last… Continue reading Showbread is Showdead: Raw Rock Kills One Last Time

Queer Life and Death in Cartoons and TV Shows

The Internet has been abuzz lately regarding the “Bury Your Gays” trope, escalated by several popular TV shows killing off queer characters, particularly women, and adding to this larger idea that relationships between queer women are unstable at best and tragic at worst. A lot of people are currently criticizing The 100 and Orphan Black… Continue reading Queer Life and Death in Cartoons and TV Shows

The Passion’s Surface-Level Treatment of Holy Week

  Over the past few months, NBC and Fox have experimented with airing live theater performances. First came The Wiz Live, then Grease, and now The Passion, a copy-paste of the Holy Week story into the 21st century. The Passion narratives in the gospels recount Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem through all the well-known scenes of… Continue reading The Passion’s Surface-Level Treatment of Holy Week

Her Story Explores Intersectionality in LGBTQ Communities

The beautiful thing about web series is that they’re short and easy to watch in one sitting. They’re also increasingly marking themselves as spaces where underrepresented stories are told. Such is the case with Her Story, which you can watch in about an hour. Her Story is about trans women with actual trans actresses playing… Continue reading Her Story Explores Intersectionality in LGBTQ Communities

Comparing Matriarchies: My Little Pony and Steven Universe

Both My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Steven Universe present matriarchal societies in which women fulfill the most powerful roles in their worlds. In My Little Pony, it’s the alicorn princesses. In Steven Universe, it’s the Great Diamond Authority. Yet both of these matriarchies show vastly different applications of power. Equestria’s matriarchy is more… Continue reading Comparing Matriarchies: My Little Pony and Steven Universe