{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Edward Engelhardt (pizzicato)'s status on Sunday, 28-Aug-11 00:45:16 UTC","author_name":"Edward Engelhardt (pizzicato)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/pizzicato","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/445047","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/3550\" class=\"url\" title=\"Michael\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">muttstuffle<\/span><\/a><\/span> It's not fun to talk about, and people don't get it. I can't speak about it from a female standpoint, but it's akin to being an atheist. If there were an atheist movement that called itself 'Under God', I wouldn't think I was welcome there. If a female fan is looking at this community from the outside, and sees a 'Brony' forum, or IRC, I doubt they're going to think 'oh that's for me!'. Greta Christina has discussed these things at a greater and far more eloquent manner than I will ever be capable of; <a href=\"http:\/\/gretachristina.typepad.com\/greta_christinas_weblog\/2011\/07\/why-we-have-to-talk-about-this.html\" title=\"http:\/\/gretachristina.typepad.com\/greta_christinas_weblog\/2011\/07\/why-we-have-to-talk-about-this.html\" rel=\"nofollow external\">http:\/\/gretachristina.typepad.com\/greta_christinas_weblog\/2011\/07\/why-we-have-to-talk-about-this.html<\/a>"}