What would be the first thing to come across your mind if a grown man told that he loves to watch My Little Pony? Many people have their own misconceptions all about these group of people. These types of misunderstandings are the causes of people who would rather die than live being in that group of society. I've asked people what they thought about Bronies, and some of their answers were; "They are all weird and hande no lives." Another response was that all Bronies have weird habits like the practice of beastiality. Most people never acknowledge the positives things that group of people have done for others without asking for anything in return. For example, this group of wonderful people helped a young kid who was diagnosed with a brain tumor by sending him and his family positive letters to get trough the tough times. They also raised money for that young kid to get professional help. These people use the concept of friendship that was intentionally ment for a little girls and use it them selves to help other people.
These group of people need to be understood more in every way possible. For example, a lot of people who have heard of Bronies usually tend to think that they are all weird, old, creepy men who live in their mothers' basements. There might be a few guys who might be living in their mother'a basement, but he might be there because of economic problem. Another thing that a lot of Brony haters might think about all Bronies is that they are all homosexuals, or even kidnappers. These are all horrible things to think about these people that are the Bronies.
The Brony community started almost as soon as the show "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" came on October 10th, 2010. From day one there we...
... middle of paper ...
...o end his life after being bullied because his peers found out he was a Brony, he hung himself on Tuesday February 4, 2014. Unfortunately Michal didn't die but caused severe and permanent damage to his brain. There has to be more opened minded people all over the world, so that they can know that the Brony community is here to stay and there is nothing anybody can do about it. Bronies are a group of people who care about themselves and others the same way too.
Works Cited
"So, What Is a Brony?" What Is a Brony? N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2014.
"Rise of the Bronies." The American Conservative. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2014.
http://herdcensus.com/2013%20STATE%20OF%20THE%20HERD%20REPORT.pdf
"11-Year-Old Boy Attempts Suicide After Being Bullied for My Little Pony Passion : People.com Mobile." PEOPLE.com. N.p., 04 Feb. 2014. Web. 10 Feb. 2014.
Media is a powerful agent in entertaining children. It also influences and teaches the youth of society the suitable and appropriate gender roles that they inevitably try to make sense of. The power of media is very influential especially in the minds of the youth. Disney movies target the youth and plant certain ideas and concepts about social culture into the vulnerable minds of children. Media uses gender to its advantage, just like Disney productions. Humorous caricatures reveal some harsh realities about the portrayal of Disney Princesses in many movies made by the Walt Disney Company. Disney mixes innocence with the ultimate form of fantasy to capture an audience. Predominantly, Disney helps highlight the gender roles by showing the audience simply what they want to see. In the attempt to stick to the norm and portray stereotypical female characters, Disney created Princesses. Presented as damsels in distress and inferior beings to men, Disney Princesses give children an inaccurate portrayal of gender roles at a young age. Through Disney’s social success and intriguing films, such as The Little Mermaid, Snow White, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Beauty and the Beast, Disney Princess movies portray stereotypical representation of gender roles through the denigration of the female image, targeting and ruining the perception of youth today.
In all reality, people do watch Beavis and Butt-head and other anti-family television shows. The power we feel in the act of criticizing and the seemingly harmless antics of these shows gives us a reason to keep watching and criticizing TV despite the irony of it. Because we know TV characters have no power to change their situations in the TV world we feel we are above them and can watch TV with harmless effects.
Getting a sense of what Bronies derive from the program requires a review of the cartoon show and some of its themes. Lauren Faust, who is associated with other animation projects such as The Powerpuff Girls, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, and The Iron Giant was the creative mind behind the rebooted ponies. Faust’s creative control over the ponies separates it from previous generations of the cartoon by removing contemporary surroundings like the second and third generations and set the current generation of ponies in a fantasy land called Equestria where the citizenry live under the rule of Princess Celestia. Celestia not only rules over the land as the monarch but also has the responsibility of raising and setting the sun every day.
Dally is a man that just doesn't care about what he does. Johnny is just a sixteen year old that just gets pushed around too much.Ponyboy is 14 and he is a boy that doesn't like to get into a lot of trouble and he will do anything to help people. These are the heroes that I’m going to be talking about in these last three paragraphs.
...f someone has expressed ideas of suicide and feeling alone, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. This is a toll-free call that connects to the nearest crisis center, 24 hours a day. If someone see’s someone else being bullied, always tell an adult that can help. Tell some like a teacher, a counselor, or a parent. Prevention is the number one way to lower bullying and school violence.
In the end I think all these boys showed a very heroic character and you realize what it feels like to be in the face of danger. Even though that Dally and Johnny didn't get to live out their life of a hero. Ponyboy tells their story for them.I think that ponyboy is a hero for doing it. he shows that he's not scared to face the fact that they did something good. And he can always live with his feeling that their story got told this is why I think that the three boys are all heros in their own way.
Suicide due to bullying has been given the name of bullycide. One example of bullycide would be Jon Carmichael from Texas who was bullied so harshly that “one day they stripped him naked, tied him up, and stuck him in a trash can, and they taped it with their cell phones and put it all on You Tube” per his mother’s account (Texas Monthly, Hollandsworth). A few days later Jon was found hanging by a rafter from their barn after committing suicide. The perpetrators of this abuse were his fellow classmates and it is reported that “60% of boys who bullied others in middle school had at least one criminal conviction by the age of 24; 40% had three or more convictions” (van der Valk, 41). Bullying behavior not only negatively affects the victims that are singled out and tormented, but from a legal perspective can lead to long term criminal
On page six it says, ‘“Are you alright Ponyboy?” He was shaking me and I wished he’d stop. I was dizzy enough Anyway. I could tell it was Darry though- partly because Darry’s Always rough with me without meaning to be. “I’m okay. Quit shaking me, Darry, I’m okay.”’ (Hinton 6) This shows kindness and love between brothers and how they rely on each other. This quote shows that Darry takes care of Ponyboy
“Once I got teased, I could see where the anger came from and what can make someone want to kill,” said Stefan Barone, a fourteen year old. (ABC News) The anger and depression is overwhelming and hard to control. There is no doubt that bullying cause’s suicide, and those bullied often commit acts of violence against others.
Bullying in all forms hurts mental health. Adolescents who have experienced bullying in any way are often diagnosed with depression and have low self-esteem. They begin behaving in disobedient ways, doing worse in school, and using drugs and alcohol. Lastly, these kids were found to be more likely to attempt or complete suicide
The first thing people notice, and criticize about South Park is the fact that the show is based around four children who promote crude humor and vulgarity. This display, they say is inappropriate because of the fact that the show is in cartoon format, and thus is attractive to children. After watching the show a little more, they see many other disturbing ideas promoted by the show, including but not limited to: religious ridicule, the promotion of extreme ideals, and childish po...
Broderick, Ryan. "9 Teenage Suicides In The Last Year Were Linked To Cyber-Bullying On Social Network." BuzzFeed. N.p., 11 Sept. 2013. Web. 28 Feb. 2014.
In “But Not Forgotten” by Jennifer Brown, Jenna, a young girl who had been severely bullied for being overweight, kills herself. “ There is no other way” (Brown 287) Jenna said to her best friend right before she took her own life because she couldn’t take the bullying anymore. Most people who are bullied are afraid to get help. They keep it bottled up inside until their breaking point. In most cases that breaking point is suicide. They believe that suicide is the only way to stop the pain. According to Bullying statistics.org kids who are bullied are 2-9 times more likely to commit suicide than those who haven’t experienced it. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary
Although Disney is commonly associated with childhood innocence, giving young children the possibility to dream and fantasise, it is important to question the ideology and values that Disney promote. Although largely positive values arise from Disney Animation, there has also been a backlash of criticism against Disney. This negativity could stem from some of the inaccurate gender interpretations, conservative values and ideologies the films promote. ‘Such characters warrant critical attention because they are not just representations of individual people but are encodings of ideology and embodiments of ideological values’ (Fiske, 1987, cited in Lacroix, 2004, p.217). Therefore the aim of this dissertation will be to investigate the potentially prejudicial representations of gender in Disney’s feature animated films, focussing on the representations of the leading female protagonists.
Disney is one of the largest corporations in the world, known for entertaining and having a dominant role in children’s media for over 60 years and counting (Towbin, Haddock, Zimmerman, Lund & Tanner, 2003). The purpose of this study is to analyze Disney animated films according to gender roles and gender role portrayals. Research shows that Disney animated films have highly portrayed traditionally feminine and masculine characteristics (England, Descartes and Meek, 2011). The focus of this paper is to discuss the stereotypical representation of gender role portrayal between the men and women in Disney animated films. Scholars have suggested that in Disney animated films women are portrayed as being domestic, nurturing, wanting to marry, helpless and in need of protection (Towbin, Haddock, Zimmerman, Lund & Tanner, 2003). However, men are portrayed as having a non- domestic job, use physical anger as a mean to express emotion, are naturally physically strong and are very heroic (Towbin, Haddock, Zimmerman, Lund & Tanner, 2003). My first hypothesis is whether in Disney animated films, men are playing traditional roles and women are playing traditional roles. My third second is whether stereotypical gender role portrayal in Disney animated films will become less traditionally characterized as society progressed to let go of traditional gender roles.