Reminder to avoid offensive Halloween costumes

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Anonymous wrote:I’m just going to be a slutty French maid

Boring but gets the job done

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Only good looking and in shape women should go as this.

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Anonymous wrote:Hello, Halloween costume troll! How was your year?

I am not a troll. This is a serious issue.

You think trolls don't post about serious issues just to rile people up? Can we have a little perspective about what constitutes a serious issue? My three year old dressing up like her hero Pocahontas...it's not that. The VA state legislature trying to police history and what our kids learn? That. That's serious. When you make everything serious nothing is serious.

Years ago I posted asking if my daughter could dress up as Pocahontas and was annihilated on here.

I’m ordinarily pretty lax about this stuff but the Pocahontas stuff sort of creeps me out because she’s an actual person that has been totally co-opted in a way that is kind of weird and uncomfortable for me. I wouldn’t judge you for letting your kid dress as Pocahontas, but I think i noxed it for my own kid because it just makes me thiink of a young girl who was kidnapped as a teen, married an older man under circumstances that probably weren’t totally voluntary, and died of some awful disease when she was only 20, far fell her home and family. And everyone treats her as a happy cartoon. It’s just icky to me. It’s my least favorite disney movie.

This is a different concern. Dressing as Pocahontas is not racist. You are uncomfortable with it because her story is sad, and I think some tribal leaders have expressed that the white mythology around her is so insensitive that dressing like her is hard to do respectfully. But it's different from putting on a wig with feathers and saying you're an Indian.

It would absolutely be racist to dress your child as Pocahontas if she is white.

Oh, there you are! Hi from a few years ago. So glad you're back.

So can my White kid dress like Moana because she's fake? Or can my White kid only dress like other white people/characters?

Can Black kids not dress like Cinderella because she's white? Or is that ok because she's fake? Can they dress like RBG?

Cinderella doesn’t have to be white.

Cinderella, the character, is white. A princess can be any color, obviously. Cinderella herself is white.

Otherwise I could say that Jasmine doesn't have to be Indian. Moana doesn't have to be Polynesian.

How racist. Jasmine is not Indian.

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Is it still ok to be a hobo? OP you left “house-ist” off hour list.

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Going as a section of the border wall. Is that offensive OP?

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I’m going as Trump’s ear. Looks just like a regular ear. No damage.

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I’m going as a character from Disney’s Song of the South.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m going as Trump’s ear. Looks just like a regular ear. No damage.

Priceless!

I'm going as a stove with two pans cooking my dog and cat and plucking the feathers of a pet goose.

[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.

You are insane.

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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.

You are insane.

Calm down it’s just a troll

[Anonymous]

I’m going as a sexy pumpkin. I really couldn’t care less about how politically incorrect and divisive my costume is. The frumpy, fugly pumpkins can pound sand. I’m showcasing my personal truth: I am a sexy pumpkin with voluptuous curves and I’m not afraid to show my gorgeous orange skin.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s all agree to be Madonna or a Golden Girl or Elizabeth Shue’s character in Adventures in Babysitting, ok?

I have my tan wool coat and switchblade at the ready 🫡

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s all agree to be Madonna or a Golden Girl or Elizabeth Shue’s character in Adventures in Babysitting, ok?

I have my tan wool coat and switchblade at the ready 🫡

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But I’m still trying to find the awesome rainbow scarf.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m going as Trump’s ear. Looks just like a regular ear. No damage.

Priceless!

I'm going as a stove with two pans cooking my dog and cat and plucking the feathers of a pet goose.

Best costume idea so far!

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My wife and I are going as Doug Emhoff and his nanny.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m going as a Bratz Doll. I’m a guy.

Are you trying to be transphobic ?