Pfft, we get it, you don't like the show because you have to keep your idea of masculine statur. Could we all just please stop complaining about it and leave the real discussion to those who actually want to talk about the SHOW and not the people who like the show?
Now, on to the show itself.
I don't think it's a rise to glory of 90s cartoons and its educational rating certainly shows itself in some of the episodes, but overall it's actually quite an interesting cartoon simply because of how much Lauren Faust managed to avoid the stereotypical "girly" cartoon genre and actually give proper personalities and characterization to the characters involved. The writing for the show is actually decent as well; it's not incredibly great writing but it's not cringe-inducingly cheesy. The songs sometimes catch me off guard and turning down the volume but there's not much to hate aside from that.
Onto the animation, which is usually one of my favorite aspects of any cartoon, I think the animation team has nearly cured my hatred of Flash animation. Backgrounds and the like have the same sort of retro-minimalistic feel that was also present in Powerpuff Girls and Fosters, which is a plus because I adored the visual designs of those shows. The actual animation itself isn't just lazy Flash animation via tweening and other computer-generated processes, a lot of the show actually retains a hand animated look to it. My only complaint is that extreme close-ups of characters and objects while increase the thickness of the lines surrounding said object greatly, but aside from that no real grips about the animation.
So yeah, the show actually does have a lot of heart and good design both in writing and visuals. For anyone who doesn't understand why so many people love the series it's probably this is the first really really good cartoon that's existed in several years.