Not so fast. It just may be that his interest in MLP is a ploy to connect with underage girls. A lot of Beliebers are creepy, middle-aged men. Some are dads of preteen girls who want their daughters to crush on a neutered elf, but others are just trying to get in their pants.

Orrrrr he could honestly enjoy MLP? Not every red-blooded male a) has a screaming aversion to "girl" things or b) is out to get little girls.

I like your style

Grown men watching a show about pastel colored ponies with rainbow hair? How is that not disturbing? I remember when MLP was for little girls, this of course being when I was in 2nd grade... But still come on people!

MLP is more intellectually stimulating than most shows on TV today. -_-

Well, the simple answer is it WAS for little girls when you were in 2nd grade. That's just historical fact. But the new show has a pretty clear demographic of "Everyone". It's feminine, sure, but it's no longer the 30 minute toy commercial it was before. Now, depending on how old you were, you might have seen either the original 80s cartoon or My Little Pony Tales, the latter of which was feminine to a fault and promoted the stay at home housewife lifestyle, opposing everything modern feminism stands for. MLPT's storylines are what most people think of when they think of MLP, even if they have the 80s show (which was more "bad" than "girly"). Now, the new show is mostly gender neutral, the cast does everything from farm work to high fashion and the storylines are split pretty evenly between "Let's put on a fashion show" and "Save the world from evil". The development team's goal with the new show was to make a show that the whole family could enjoy. And if the whole family can enjoy it together, why can't individual members of the family enjoy it by themselves?