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![Los Angcles Gimes ONS SEARCH SUBSCRIBE PR. 5, 2016 MOST POPULAR LOCAL SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS EDUCATION OPINION PLACE AN AD New 'Powerpuff Girls' packs a bigger character punch than the original In Case You Missed It Drake issues two new singles Apple exclusives, reunites Ja and Kanye West 1:10 PM NFL chooses Twitter as streaming partner for Thurs In addition to shattering old tropes and kick-punching dated ideas, the new "Powerpuff Girls" will also address issues of gender and identity. One upcoming episode in particular touches on ideas of gender identity-a topic open to conversation even in animated shows, thanks to programs such as "Steven Universe," which explores gender fluidity and rejects established gender norms "We did an episode where there's a unicorn. Basically when it starts out, he's a pony, but he wants to be a unicorn," Jennings explained. "He has to go through a transformation to become a unicorn and so it's a whole [episode that asks], 'What are you on the inside? What are you on the outside? How do you identify yourself? How do people see you?' There's a lot of subtext in that." 0592V o LoG The episode just aired it was even more insulting than I thought. The horse goes through body modific ations which tuns him into a monster. Horse gets tumed back to normal It ends on the horse being an idiot and it tums out there was a unicorn hom under his hair his whole life. He was physically a unicorn his whole life I think they just made an episode, and BS'ed message when talking about it with the press in hopes Tumblr will get "The Feels" or something. They're using gender identity to be trendy. In the same way other episodes had Smart Phones and used phrases like YASSS" and " can't even. This is the Yo Yogi of the 2010s When are they going to get to the fireworks factory? Posted 2 hours ago 2,006 notes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/102/948/26f.png "Pan sums up my feelings on this attempt at \"gender subtext\"")
![Jennings and the "Powerpuff Girls" crew are very aware about the types of messages e Most Popular See the most-read stories in Entertainment this hour» series. While a series may have been considered progressive just by featuring three female superhero protagonists in 1998, modern Cartoon Network series such as-Adventure Time" and "Steven Universe" have set the bar higher by infusing more feminist themes regarding women's roles and gender identity and expression into their shows. In addition to shattering old tropes and kick-punching dated ideas, the new "Powerpuff Girls" will also address issues of gender and identity. One upcoming episode in particular touches on ideas of gender identity- a topic open to conversation even in animated shows, thanks to programs such as "Steven Universe," which explores gender fluidity and rejects established gender norms. We did an episode where there's a unicorn. Basically when it starts out, he's a pony, but he wants to be a unicorn," Jennings explained. "He has to go through a transformation to become a unicorn and so it's a whole [episode that asks], 'What are you on the inside? What are you on the outside? How do you identify yourself? How do people see you?' There's a lot of subtext in that."](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/102/723/cc5.png "In case you still thought this reboot was being made for children and not Tumblr.")
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