There’s a blockade of bronies standing in the way of my intended entrance into the Holiday Inn in Austin, Texas. They’re trying to get outside. The kid who’s shouting has a point: It’s downright ...

Three young men sit down with their acoustic guitars and begin a countdown. With their shaggy haircuts and skilled strumming, they could pass for an up-and-coming indie band. But if you listen closely ...

NEW YORK – When Ashleigh Ball landed the voice-over roles of Rainbow Dash and Applejack on Hasbro’s “My Little Pony” reboot back in 2010, she never dreamed the majority of her die-hard fans would be ...

Ever since the "brony" phenomenon grabbed the public's attention, there have been many questions about who the bronies are, where they come from and what they do when they're not watching My Little ...

Like many, I learn about my subcultures from The Howard Stern Show, which had sent a correspondent to cover this year’s BronyCon, an annual fan convention for followers of My Little Pony: Friendship ...

Intense fandom is quite a thing to behold, particularly for those that aren’t involved in it. Whether it’s Star Wars, comic books, baseball cards, quilting, stamps -- or in the case of A Brony Tale, ...

It is a sad reflection of the times we live in that mass shootings in the United States tend to follow a specific pattern. In the hours after a shooting, reporters tend to comb through the shooter’s ...

Life on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border was boredom or terror, with not too much in between. For combat engineer Kyler Black, serving at the remote Army outpost known as Firebase Asadabad also offered ...

When someone mentions ‘passionate’ online communities in 2021, you may find yourself recoiling in horror. Yet, as the calming smiles of Yoav Landau and Sam Haft populate my Zoom window, I’m reminded ...

In the 1980s, My Little Pony was a toy line and TV franchise aimed at little girls. These days, an expanding group of grown men are fans of the pastel-colored ponies. They call themselves "bronies." ...