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		<title>Brony Andrew W.K. to Speak At My Little Pony Convention</title>

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<p>Here's something to make your Thursday a little more uncomfortable: performer Andrew W. K., no stranger to stunts, has declared himself an official Brony and will be speaking at a panel in September called "<a href="http://andrewwk.com/news/andrew-to-give-lecture-at-my-little-pony-convention-2012">What Would Pinkie Pie Do</a>?"</p>
<p>What are we talking about? We wish we didn't know...</p>
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<p>Bronies are male fans (or "bros") of the Hasbro toys and TV show spin-off, <em>My Little Pony</em>. Once upon a time, <em>The New York Time</em>s wrote an article on Bronies and <a href="http://observer.com/2011/12/a-brony-correction-in-the-new-york-times/">then was forced to issue a correction</a>.  We assumed most Bronies would be heading out to San Diego's Comic-Con, which takes place in mid-July, but apparently there are some Ohio holdouts who will be holding their own My Little Pony Convention later in the year.</p>
<p>Mr. W.K., <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/andrew-w-k-to-speak-at-my-little-pony-convention-20120613">who loves to party</a>, will be exploring how his own persona mirrors that of Pinkie Pie, one of the stars of the <em>My Little Pony</em> show who works at the Sugarcube Corner as a baker, is bright pink, and also loves to party. (Imagine Michelangelo from <em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</em>, but as an anthropomorphic pink female pony instead of an anthropomorphic green male turtle.)</p>
<p>We're sure there will be no mistaking the Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle fans in the audience this time around</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_246153" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://observer.com/2012/06/brony-andrew-w-k-to-speak-at-my-little-pony-convention/siriusxm-studio-on-november-16-2011-in-new-york-city/" rel="attachment wp-att-246153"><img class="size-medium wp-image-246153" title="&lt;&gt; SiriusXM Studio on November 16, 2011 in New York City." src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/andrewwk.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Andrew W.K. and his alter-ego, Pinkie Pie (Getty Images, Hasbro)</p></div></p>
<p>Here's something to make your Thursday a little more uncomfortable: performer Andrew W. K., no stranger to stunts, has declared himself an official Brony and will be speaking at a panel in September called "<a href="http://andrewwk.com/news/andrew-to-give-lecture-at-my-little-pony-convention-2012">What Would Pinkie Pie Do</a>?"</p>
<p>What are we talking about? We wish we didn't know...</p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p>Bronies are male fans (or "bros") of the Hasbro toys and TV show spin-off, <em>My Little Pony</em>. Once upon a time, <em>The New York Time</em>s wrote an article on Bronies and <a href="http://observer.com/2011/12/a-brony-correction-in-the-new-york-times/">then was forced to issue a correction</a>.  We assumed most Bronies would be heading out to San Diego's Comic-Con, which takes place in mid-July, but apparently there are some Ohio holdouts who will be holding their own My Little Pony Convention later in the year.</p>
<p>Mr. W.K., <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/andrew-w-k-to-speak-at-my-little-pony-convention-20120613">who loves to party</a>, will be exploring how his own persona mirrors that of Pinkie Pie, one of the stars of the <em>My Little Pony</em> show who works at the Sugarcube Corner as a baker, is bright pink, and also loves to party. (Imagine Michelangelo from <em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</em>, but as an anthropomorphic pink female pony instead of an anthropomorphic green male turtle.)</p>
<p>We're sure there will be no mistaking the Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle fans in the audience this time around</p>
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