My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #56

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #56
Author: Christina Rice
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-07-12
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

"Wings Over Yakyakistan" part 2 of 2. The dragon invasion of Yakyakistan continues and Spike and Pinkie Pie must find an unusual way to make peace before it's too late!

Ponyville Confidential

Ponyville Confidential
Author: Sherilyn Connelly
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2017-03-28
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476662096

Beloved by young girls around the world, Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise has been mired in controversy since its debut in the early 1980s. Critics dismissed the cartoons as toy advertisements, and derided their embrace of femininity. The 2010 debut of the openly feminist My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic renewed the backlash, as its broad appeal challenged entrenched notions about gendered entertainment. This first comprehensive study of My Little Pony explores the history and cultural significance of the franchise through Season 5 of Friendship Is Magic and the first three Equestria Girls films. The brand has continued to be on the receiving end of a sexist double standard regarding commercialism in children's entertainment, while masculine cartoons such as the Transformers have been spared similar criticism.

The Feast of Fiction Kitchen

The Feast of Fiction Kitchen
Author: Jimmy Wong
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-04-28
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1682684407

Recipes from Feast of Fiction, the innovative YouTube show featuring fantastical and fictional recipes inspired by books, movies, comics, video games, and more. Fans of Feast of Fiction have been clamoring for a cookbook since the channel debuted in 2011. Now it’s here! Just as they do on the small screen, hosts Jimmy Wong and Ashley Adams whip up their real-life interpretation of fictional dishes to pay homage in a genuine, geeky, and lively way. Jimmy brings a wealth of gamer and nerd cred to the table, and baker extraordinaire Ashley provides the culinary wisdom. The quirky duo offer an array of creative and simple recipes, featuring dishes inspired by favorites such as Star Trek and Adventure Time, as well as Butterbeer (Harry Potter), A Hobbit’s Second Breakfast, Mini “Dehydrated” Pizzas (Back to the Future), Sansa’s Lemon Cakes (Game of Thrones), and dishes from the niches of gaming, comics, and animation such as Fire Flakes (Avatar), Poke Puffs (Pokemon), and Heart Potions (The Legend of Zelda). With 55 unique and awesome dishes, this long-awaited cookbook will help inspire a pop culture dinner party, a fun night at home with family and friends, or an evening on the couch thinking about what you could be cooking!

My Little Pony: Art is Magic!, Vol. 2

My Little Pony: Art is Magic!, Vol. 2
Author:
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2018-09-05
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1684064988

From the pages of IDW's many popular My Little Pony comic book series comes this very special collection. Your favorite artists are back to reveal their secrets and show you more of the pieces they love! See Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, and all their friends throughout Equestria captured in each artist's unique style! Discover what each artist enjoys most about drawing and painting the beauty, kind-heartedness, and fun that is MLP!

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Magic, Magic Everywhere!

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Magic, Magic Everywhere!
Author: Perdita Finn
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2017-06-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0316431877

Magical Mayhem and Mischief Our Equestria Girls are back from an adventurous summer at Camp Everfree--but they can't relax quite yet! After saving the camp from disaster, they still have to raise the money to do necessary repairs, and a car wash might not cut it. The Equestria Girls are ready to try new things--starting with a mishmashed music video--and even get caught up in the world of movie magic. But when real magical powers come into play, the girls are going to have to use their own newfound powers and links to Equestria to save the day once again! ©2017 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.

Play, Performance, and Identity

Play, Performance, and Identity
Author: Matt Omasta
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2015-02-11
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1317703243

Play helps define who we are as human beings. However, many of the leisurely/ludic activities people participate in are created and governed by corporate entities with social, political, and business agendas. As such, it is critical that scholars understand and explicate the ideological underpinnings of played-through experiences and how they affect the player/performers who engage in them. This book explores how people play and why their play matters, with a particular interest in how ludic experiences are often constructed and controlled by the interests of institutions, including corporations, non-profit organizations, government agencies, religious organizations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Each chapter explores diverse sites of play. From theme parks to comic conventions to massively-multiplayer online games, they probe what roles the designers of these experiences construct for players, and how such play might affect participants' identities and ideologies. Scholars of performance studies, leisure studies, media studies and sociology will find this book an essential reference when studying facets of play.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #57

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #57
Author: Thom Zahler
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2017-08-09
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

What happens when Pinkie Pie gets trapped in Discord's dimension? And will she ever want to leave?

American Taboo

American Taboo
Author: Lauren Rosewarne
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2013-08-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0313399344

America's often-unspoken morality codes make many topics taboo in "the land of the free." This book analyzes hundreds of popular culture examples to expose how the media both avoids and alludes to how we derive pleasure from our bodies. Flatulence ... male nudity ... abortion ... masturbation: these are just a few of the taboo topics in the United States. What do culturally enforced silences about certain subjects say about our society—and our latent fears? This work provides a broad yet detailed overview of popular culture's most avoided topics to explain why they remain off-limits and examines how they are presented in contemporary media—or, in many cases, delicately explored using euphemism and innuendo. The author offers fascinating, in-depth analysis of the meaning behind these portrayals of a variety of both mundane and provocative taboos, and identifies how new television programs, films, and advertising campaigns intentionally violate longstanding cultural taboos to gain an edge in the marketplace.

My Little Pony

My Little Pony
Author: Katie Cook
Publisher: Spotlight-Graphic Novels
Total Pages: 8
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781614793762

The ponies have noticed somethings not right in Ponyville, as some of the town's inhabitants are acting very, very strange! Its up to the Mane Six to find the source of the weirdness before its too late!

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #99

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #99
Author: Thom Zahler
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2021-07-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Marble Pie is off to college! It seems like the only pony fit for the job of planning her going-away party would be the fabulous Pinkie Pie herself—but Pinkie’s having a bit of trouble feeling happy about her sister heading so far away… looks like she’s going to need a little help from Cheese Sandwich to plan the best party ever!