Cutie Marks and Extending the Table

When My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic first aired, I noted how cutie marks represent both growing up and spiritual calling. Since then, the show has explored cutie marks in much greater depth. Wrapped up in cutie marks is all the bliss and anxiety about identity–when will I know what I’m supposed to do with… Continue reading Cutie Marks and Extending the Table

Cutie Marks and Calling Redux: Finding Purpose in Loving the Enemy

About four years ago, I wrote my first analytical blog series about My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Up until that point, I had almost exclusively written reviews because they were relatively easy to churn out and I could never think of any compelling analytical angle I could use to talk about what I watched… Continue reading Cutie Marks and Calling Redux: Finding Purpose in Loving the Enemy