Reminder to avoid offensive Halloween costumes

[Anonymous]

Fall can be such a fun season, but it is important to remember: we are all in this together.

As you select costumes for yourself and your child, please avoid costumes which are culturally insensitive, as well as costumes that are racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, sizeist, or ageist.

[Anonymous]

Well that doesn't leave anything fun. Not even the sexy corn cob would make the cut.

[Anonymous]

So no cute 3 year olds dressing up as old ladies?

[Anonymous]

This troll attempt works better more in mid-october, and also it works better if you tone it down slightly- keep in the request about racist costumes, add something about cultural appropriation for the kids who want to dress up like Moana, or a character from Coco, etc. And you should take out the sizeist, ageist, xenophobic requests because those are too OTT and make it obvious you're a troll.

I look forward to your second attempt around October 15 and will get out the popcorn!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well that doesn't leave anything fun. Not even the sexy corn cob would make the cut.

There's nothwrong with dressing up as a corn cob.

Look, going as President Taft is fine and going as "a fat person" is not. Going as Moana is fine, going as "a Polynesian" is not. This isn't hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fall can be such a fun season, but it is important to remember: we are all in this together.

As you select costumes for yourself and your child, please avoid costumes which are culturally insensitive, as well as costumes that are racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, sizeist, or ageist.

Did we vote for you to be the costume czar?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fall can be such a fun season, but it is important to remember: we are all in this together.

As you select costumes for yourself and your child, please avoid costumes which are culturally insensitive, as well as costumes that are racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, sizeist, or ageist.

No.

[Anonymous]

ok karen

[Anonymous]

I think this was posted to stir the pot. Just ignore.

[Anonymous]

I'm going as a Karen.

[Anonymous]

Hello, Halloween costume troll! How was your year?

[Anonymous]

Only a certain type of American cares about these things, while the rest of the world has fun.

You can dress up in my country's traditional costume, if you want, OP, and I will not care one little bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well that doesn't leave anything fun. Not even the sexy corn cob would make the cut.

There's nothwrong with dressing up as a corn cob.

Look, going as President Taft is fine and going as "a fat person" is not. Going as Moana is fine, going as "a Polynesian" is not. This isn't hard.

Blah blah blah.

Your post is so 2018. We've moved on.

[Anonymous]

You know OP does sound kind of un-fun but I actually am glad for the political correctness around Halloween costumes these days and here is why:

For a while the deal with adult Halloween costumes was that they were supposed to be "clever" and since most people are not very clever this result in a lot of deeply stupid Halloween costumes that were also borderline (or not borderline) offensive.

Specifically I used to see a weird number of costumes that referenced or tried to make a joke of pedophilia and sexual assault and this is... weird? Disturbing? Completely lacking in any sense of humanity?

Like once people were donning "couple's costumes" featuring a catholic school boy and a priest carrying a sex toy I just think it was time for everyone to go sit in the corner and think about what they'd done.

And yes also all the offensive Native American and Asian costumes.

Keep sitting in the corner until you figure this out folks. Just do what kids do and dress up like a superhero or cartoon character. It's not that hard. Stop trying to be "edgy" or "clever" or "sexy." You ruined it for the group.

[Anonymous]

You know what, how about stop being offended at absolutely everything?