Animation Age Ghetto/Girl Show Ghetto: Lauren herself is not in the ghetto, but it ends up here. Whenever she pitched a show with female leads, she got two responses that fall into this: "Girls don't watch cartoons" or "This is great, but animated shows for girls don’t get ratings.”
In fact, she's made a token effort to avert this with My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, aiming for it to be enjoyable for not just little girls but their parents too, including the male parents (that's in her own words).
Of course, it's pretty self evident that the show has by and large greatly exceeded her expectations.
Creator Worship: She's always had a loyal following for her work on The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, but ever since My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic became an unexpected internet phenomenon, she's quickly becoming one of the most respected and loved figures in the animation industry today. Her deviantART comments page is swamped with genuine praise and adulation at any given time. This has not gone unnoticed by executives- she's now working on a superhero show for Warner Bros!
Girls Need Role Models: Lauren takes this one rather seriously. She wants animation to have stronger leads for females that are outside the box on what a female role has, such as the sex symbol, a love interest, etc. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is proof of what you can do with good female leads and storytelling.
Real Women Never Wear Dresses: She is 100% opposed to this mentality, stating [dead link] that most girl-centered cartoons fail due to bad writing/directing and not because of any inherent "girliness".