Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight, never running from a real fight, they are the fans of Sailor Moon: Moonies!
Why was Sailor Moon so influential in its time? Why has it endured as long as it has? And for that matter, what was it like being a fan in the 90s?
In this week's episode, we fight in the name of love and justice... stay tuned!
Everyone's a fan!
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Play-by-play 00:00 - Cold Open 00:06 - Theme Song 00:26 - Introduction 00:56 - Who are Moonies? 02:59 - Trivia (Yes, we had a lot this time!) 40:42 - Feminism, Femininity and Fandom 64:19 - Community Posts 68:20 - Spotlight: [Sailor Moon Screenshots Redraw](https://www.tumblr.com/search/sailor%20moon%20screenshot%20redraw) and [Moon Animate Make-Up!](https://www.facebook.com/moonanimate) 74:36 - Goodbye! 75:43 - Outtakes
Citations [Official Sailor Moon Fan Club Finally Opening to Fans Overseas](http://otakumode.com/news/57dc92c1473fd73969f9f755/Official-Sailor-Moon-Fan-Club-Finally-Opening-to-Fans-Overseas!) [Saying No To "The Other Name" - We Want Serena!](http://www.wewantserena.com/saying-no-to-the-other-name.html) [Sailor Moon Fans Are the Best People on Earth | VICE | Canada](http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/why-sailor-moon-fans) [Male Sailor Moon fans - It Just Bugs Me!](https://itjustbugsme.com/forums/discussion/530/male-sailor-moon-fans) [Sailor Moon reboot far from magical | The Sheridan Sun](http://thesheridansun.ca/blog/2016/04/01/sailor-moon-reboot-far-from-magical/) [Sailor Moon Crystal Failures](http://sailormooncrystalfailures.tumblr.com/) [THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 - Sailor Moon](http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=405) [The Comics Journal: Essays](https://web.archive.org/web/20080531153057/http://www.tcj.com/269/e_own1.html) [How 'Sailor Moon' Fandom Became a Refuge for 90s Queer
Kids | VICE | Canada](http://www.vice.com/en_ca/video/american-obsessions-sailor-moon-queer-indentity) [Sailor Moon: Fanlore](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon) [What I learned about gender and power from Sailor Moon](https://bitchmedia.org/post/what-i-learned-about-gender-and-power-from-sailor-moon) [7 Authors who wrote fanfiction because its actually the best](https://www.bustle.com/articles/160939-7-authors-who-wrote-fanfiction-because-its-actually-the-best) [List of Sailor Moon Soundtracks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sailor_Moon_soundtracks#Sailor_Moon_-_Songs_from_the_Hit_TV_Series) [What is a Moonie Code?](http://www.tuxedounmasked.com/2016/01/08/what-is-a-moonie-code/) [Ballet-fu](http://wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Ballet-fu) [Nerd Royalty #1: Linda Ballantyne on Sailor Moon & Love for Fandom](https://www.espionagecosmetics.com/blogs/community/linda-ballantyne-sailor-moon) [How Sailor Moon Made Me a Feminist](http://www.autostraddle.com/how-sailor-moon-made-me-a-
feminist-an-ode-to-magical-girl-shows-177393/) [Frill Clad Warriors of Justice and Girl Power](https://theafictionado.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/frill-clad-warriors-of-justice-and-girl-power/) [Women, men, and feminist works part 3: Sailor Moon is serious business the blog](http://ladyloveandjustice.tumblr.com/post/34249014343/women-men-and-feminist-works-part-3-sailor-moon) [The Feminism of Sailor Moon](https://bitchmedia.org/post/the-feminism-of-sailor-moon) [Why Sailor Moon is one of the greatest feminist stories ever](http://theabsolutemag.com/26731/longreads/why-sailor-moon-is-one-of-the-greatest-feminist-stories-ever/) [The return of Sailor Moon](http://boingboing.net/2014/05/07/the-return-of-sailor-moon.html) [Homosexuality in...
