About this episode

The episode reflects on the experiences and humor of being Magical Girls and the idea of aging into Magical Grandmas.

“Always just. Always magical.” When the four of us first started working as Magical Girls, we penned the slogan in a McDonalds, giggling about how corny it sounded. Annie joked about how we’d still be calling ourselves magical girls when we were eighty, buckling on arthritic knees. “We’ll have to rebrand to ‘Magical Grandmas’.” We […] The post Magical Girl Eater appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .

Topics covered

• Magical Girls
• Rebranding
• Aging
• Friendship
• Nostalgia

Keywords

• Magical Girls
• Aging
• Friendship
• Nostalgia
• Rebranding

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