Reminder to avoid offensive Halloween costumes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is zero need for a post like this.

OP may be serious or trolling. But it's clear that something has changed - her view is no longer the mainstream thinking anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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!

Hahahaha. This pp called it.

[Anonymous]

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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.

As a member of an actual troll community going back many proud troll generations, I kindly request you stop calling all pranksters “trolls”, and dispense with all the glittery cartoon versions of my people, or we will unite to shut down all your bridges beginning with the American Legion Bridge.

[Anonymous]

This is just common sense, people:

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/halloween-ideas/a40778/most-offensive-halloween-costumes/

Use your common sense!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is just common sense, people:

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/halloween-ideas/a40778/most-offensive-halloween-costumes/

Use your common sense!

How to have a polite Halloween.

Hmm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, a general rule is do not put on costumes that feature clothing, body modifications, or hair that are common to another ethnicity but not your own.

Example: non-Black people should not wear afros, non-Indian people should not wear bindis

How am I going to go as Richard Simmons, then? Or is that offensive now, too, since he kicked it recently?

Or, gee, I don't know. MAYBE I WILL WEAR AN AFRO ANYWAY AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT YOU CAN SUCK YOUR TEETH.

You don't police me. I'll wear what I want to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, a general rule is do not put on costumes that feature clothing, body modifications, or hair that are common to another ethnicity but not your own.

Example: non-Black people should not wear afros, non-Indian people should not wear bindis

How am I going to go as Richard Simmons, then? Or is that offensive now, too, since he kicked it recently?

Or, gee, I don't know. MAYBE I WILL WEAR AN AFRO ANYWAY AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT YOU CAN SUCK YOUR TEETH.

You don't police me. I'll wear what I want to.

I think that person is ridiculous. My daughters wear brains all the time and we aren’t Indian. And my kids have natural “fros (is it an Afro if you’re not African in heritage?) because of recessive genes from the Mediterranean.
I agree no black face but honestly, hair is hair. If you want to go as Cher, you really can’t do it without the long black wig. And if an Asian kid wants to wear a big blonde bouffant to be Cinderella, I’m cool with that too.

[Anonymous]

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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.

[Anonymous]

My DS is going in a blue suit, orange wig wearing a big diaper over his suit pants.

[Anonymous]

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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.

So we can dress as specific individuals (like Moana) but only if they are fictional. Got it.

So Bob Ross is out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

So we can dress as specific individuals (like Moana) but only if they are fictional. Got it.

So Bob Ross is out.

Let's see...
Tell me Bob Ross' rape story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So can I not go as a pregnant cheerleader or pregnant nun?

I am a former pregnant person, former cheerleader and former Catholic.

Nothing about those costumes stereotypes a group. They're fine. Cheerleader a little gross if she's in HS, not pro, but still fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

So we can dress as specific individuals (like Moana) but only if they are fictional. Got it.

So Bob Ross is out.

Let's see...
Tell me Bob Ross' rape story.

I find it odd that you focus on that and not the fact that she is an important historical figure who made real contributions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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's Halloween. You don't have to be "respectful."

Or, just say it's not Pochahontas and you're dressing like an injun squaw.