Abstract
ABSTRACT To date, the scholarship on shifts in masculinities has primarily focused on men’s practices, while overlooking how these practices directly impact women and gender relations. In this paper, I examine how women navigate spaces in which men appear to challenge masculinity through an analysis of women’s experiences within the community of adult fans of My Little Pony- a community defined by White, heterosexual men’s engagement in gender atypical practices. Utilizing interviews with 13 women fans of My Little Pony and ethnographic observations at four My Little Pony fan conventions in the United States, I find that women in the brony community experience harassment and marginalization while also downplaying how gender shapes these experiences. Additionally, women contribute to the project of concealing privilege and inequality by celebrating men for their gender non-conforming behaviour.Keywords: Hybrid masculinities, media, fandom, gender relations
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