I may have watched three episodes since my comment was posted, um, however many hours ago. I also got sucked into TV Tropes because of the review. (*sigh*) I've cleared out most of the browser tabs now, though.

Also, ran into this of-potential-interest blogpost from the person-in-charge:
http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/12/24/my-little-non-homophobic-non-racist-non-smart-shaming-pony-a-rebuttal/