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Watched it again so I may do a review on it tommorow. To clarify that whole 'unladylike' comment, she mentions in addendum 'or any pony in general'. It does feel like it was meant to indicate for someone to behave well in general. The lady comment seems more of her wishing some proper sports etiquette and good behavior as one would expect from a lady and gentleman in any event.

I can see the interest, though outside of role reversing a trope, I don't see any thing to indicate this thing of equality issues that I'm seeing in this thread

What I feel about this episode that I will give a more in depth detail in my blog review, but I honestly liked the episode and especially loved the angle they took Big Mac's character in the episode and the lengths he went to spend some time with his little sister he wanted to make proud like he used to. I didn't mind the drag outfit as I felt it handled it well enough, and I liked that humor not dead yet despite how politically sensitive many folks are. As for the cries of the episode involving a transgendered Big Mac, I don't think so as a guy crossdressing =/= transgender, especially in context that he's doing it because he wanted to participate in a contest where there was no stallions or colts involved in an event called 'sisterhooves social'. Speaking of which, honestly I'm still wondering what is this cry for gender equality and stuff. Rainbow Dash's comment I felt was actually very gender equality considering it's a reverse on the trope of a guy declaring that just because he's competing against a woman doesn't mean he has to hold back for her. She's putting it out there that she is not going soft on Big mac in a race just because he's a stallion, I don't see any issue with it. Finally, that whole quote of Big Mac not behaving like a 'lady' quote, I'll need to watch it again, but I honestly felt it was more pointing out that he should've behaved with decency and respect as one would expect from an upper class lady rather than wreck the course like he did in his attempt to win it. Really, I'm kinda disappointed that many people are taking things out of intended context or are taking things more in depth than it really is just so it can appeal to their sensibilities or justify feeling offended or so.

We know that her telekinesis is star level as she regularly moves the sun in Equestria every day, massive hypersonic at least as her sister Luna went between the moon and back in a quick bout of time in the Nightmarity arc and the Journal of the two sisters implied Celestia is faster than Luna as she likes to take bouts of flying for leisure (along with implying she's the fighter of the two), has powerful defense against mind attacks as the Fiendship issue of nightmare moon shown she not only was able to stave off the combined might of the denizens of the moon (where one being was shown to be able to affect a city filled with ponies) and was able to fend off another round of mind attacks from Nightmare Moon despite the short reprieve, indicating a possible planet+ level durability in defense against mind attacks, has possible star level physcial durability considering that when Nightmare Moon returned, Celestia was banished inside the sun as punishment from Nightmare Moon, and scaling off whatever other magic spells Twilight and other Unicorns know considering her love for learning magic in her youth and how her mastery in magic was considered on par with Starswirl, a noted powerful mage that has crafted whole new spells, though the show confirmed that Luna's powers in the realm of dreams are not shared by Celestia so we can't count Luna's feats as Celestia's own. Even with all of that, the Emperor is still significantly more powerful than Celestia as Alexer's obd wiki page of the Emperor's feats show.

We've known plenty to the point that compared to someone like the God Emperor of mankind, her power is wanting. She got beat by a powered up bug queen that she normally beats if the comics say, needed the elements of harmony so she and her sister can beat Discord, and had to use the elements of harmony to quickly put down Nightmare Moon.

No it wouldn't. Look at the first page with Alexer's post on the God Emperor's stats, he's rediculoulsy powerful compared to anyone in MLP. The God Emperor beats Celestia in a stomp. She can, it's just not against the God Emperor.