Brett Fisher: My Little Pony

Everyone knows what My Little Pony is. The children’s show created by Hasbro in 1982 featured small ponies doing everything from tea parties to battling monsters. My Little Pony has experienced four generations, each with a different art and writing style than the last. The first three generations are what comes to most people’s minds when they think My Little Pony. Tea parties and pretty dresses, all the things that one would expect from a little girl’s show, are the images that people traditionally associate with My Little Pony. That all changed when generation four was unveiled in 2010. The art design, the writing process, and everything in between took a dramatic turn for the better when feminist activist and screenwriter, Lauren Faust, took over the show.