When I was a little girl growing up in the 1980s, one of the first “fandoms” I remember joining was the My Little Pony fandom.

I had the little Pony stables and the clothes and of course a hundred Ponies. I remember playing with them for hours in my room. They actually would put on full Broadway musicals. I remember more than one afternoon spent with my record player (I was born in 1977, vinyl was totally a part of my childhood) and having the Ponies act out the different roles to a musical. Read More…