I am going as a giant vagina...I even got myself a clitoral hoodie :)

I'm going as a sexy hobo. Blacked out teeth. Dirt on face. Miniskirt and bustier made out of cardboard and newspaper - the works!

ooh! ooh!

I just got an idea.

How about.... Ann Coulter?

Or, I was thinking of (half-jokingly) suggesting to a guy that I could be Joan Jett and he can be my groupie (we both love Joan Jett).

Wow, that's ugly. He's misunderstood the whole problem, or is characterizing it as an individual rather than societal issue.

People can be as sexy as they want to be, and they can do it in huge groups. Woo! My only objection comes when the only costumes available for women are the sexy ones, and the sexiness starts to feel like it has been imposed on me rather than coming from me as an organic act. That's all. So he doesn't get that. It doesn't seem like a difficult distinction to me.

Anyway... Good costumes? I'm drawing a blank.

Also, non-feminist related, but I'm currently in Mexico and was thinking of buying some day of the dead getup and mariachi (sp?) suits with my friend

Maude Lebowski!

This year, I was invited to six Halloween parties, which would not be strange if it weren't for the fact that I'm older than 12. Meanwhile, I was invited to zero New Year's Eve parties last year. People vastly prefer Halloween parties because New Year's Eve involves dressing up like an adult, whereas Halloween involves dressing up like a slut.

Does he really think that he didn't get invited to any NYE parties because nobody wanted to have any because they couldn't dress up as sluts?

FYI, I'm getting an error when I click on the Joan Collins link. It says:

Referral Denied
You don't have permission to access "/L/1969/8382/7d/cdn-i.imdb.com/Photos/Mptv/1320/9295_0024.jpg" on this server.

So ridiculous. Not one mention about all of the offensive costumes men can choose. For instance, the number of men I ran into last Halloween, dressed as the Duke Lacrosse team, and asking every women if they wanted to be raped. Yeah. Because its the sluts we should worry about.

I'm going as Harry Lime from The Third Man, but I think I'm gonna change the name of my costume to "Sexy Orson Welles."

And P.S. How fucking old is this topic? If I have to read one more "women dress in provocative costumes on Halloween, and I must be the only person intelligent enough to notice this trend, so please reward me with a blowjob for my cutting social commentary," articles, I'm going to vomit with rage.

Hmm. Aside from my distaste for words like "slut" and "whore," I thought that it was fairly good satire that did a pretty decent job of pointing out cultural misogyny.

I honestly don't care enough either way to sit around and defend it, but I do find the difference in interpretation interesting.

"ooh! ooh!

I just got an idea.

How about.... Ann Coulter?" - Ninapendamaishi

Might work better if I went as Coulter.

"Not one mention about all of the offensive costumes men can choose. For instance, the number of men I ran into last Halloween, dressed as the Duke Lacrosse team, and asking every women if they wanted to be raped." - Magpie21

Sounds more offensive to the Duke Lacrosse team than anyone else.

I'm going as Natasha from Rocky and Bullwinkle. My fiance will be Boris. I'm excited to get to go around using bad Russian accents.

So, noname, what are your other hobbies, besides sexism and general douchebaggery?

I'm planning on going as sexy Abe Lincoln. If only I could find the beard.

I'm working on my Jem costume at this very moment! :)

Screwed it up a bit, of course, as I am not the most talented person with a sewing machine, so I'm doing a little damage control now!

I don't have a reason to dress up this year, but I do have a semi-relevant funny Halloween story to share.
I work at a private music school in Cleveland that caters to the children of rich people. We have lessons on the day of Halloween, and of course, people want to reschedule so their kids can go trick-or-treating. The (very conservative Evangelical Christian)director of the school was not allowing people to reschedule their lessons, and sent me this memo (and I quote):
"If anyone asks why we aren't closed on this day, say that whereas some people celebrate Halloween, some people don’t and if we close that day, those people wouldn’t be happy. Some people hate it because of the association with evil, witchcraft, horror, violence – even gruesome violence, etc."

...which made me chuckle. I have to call and tell the parents to practice Santeria on their own time, not ours. :)

One costume that sounded fun was Static Cling. Attach balloons and socks randomly to your person.

I've joked about going as a sexy toothbrush for years, but have given that up as funnier said than done. This year I was inspired by my spouse's out-of-control mutton chops to be Moby Dick and Ahab. So, I'm going to be a large white whale. So far, the costume is looking like a penis, which means I may not be able to attend the staff party.

I'm going as (sexy?) Darth Vader and my significant other is going to be Hans Solo. Yay!

As for costume ideas, have you thought about the best WTF!? sexy costume of the season?...http://www.yandy.com/Shopping/products/prod_1390.asp

Nothing says, "HOT!" like slutting up a depression era doll!

I'm thinking of going as a sexy tampon (all in white with a long white tail, I'm not sure about the blood) while my best friend goes as a sexy maxi pad.

I was dragged with my freshman dorm mates to an Exotic Erotic party, where I wore a red clip-on bow tie and a plastic bag from the campus bookstore that I had punctured for leg holes. It was neither exotic nor erotic. But it did make a point that society has since learned: Neither gender wants men to try to be sexy. Slut Day will embrace that fact by having all men dress like Hef: silk pajamas or bathrobes only.

I'm not going to rail on Stein as much as I should but I do think he's got a point here. Not that there aren't women who don't want to see men sexy (Hello West Hollywood Halloween Parade!!) but much like when you go to straight clubs and there are only half dressed women dancing in cages, or around poles, or what have you, quite a few women and a majority of straight men are uncomfortable with seeing other men being SEEN as sexual objects, instead of getting to be the ones to oogle and judge. Whether they're worried they'll find the guy hot themselves, or that their girlfriend or other women will start comparing and contrasting, men still have issues with that. And I believe quite a few women have been conditioned into this as well.

Which, again, is why I like me some WeHo Halloween parades, hot guys on display for a good six hours. Sadly, most of them will be gay. :(

And I said this in another thread but for a Halloween party this weekend I'm going as a "Client" from the movie Hostel. My friend and I will have the aprons and will be covered in fake blood and body parts if I can find them:). Happy Halloween!

I'm wearing a Groucho Marx costume, and then making some L shaped angles all over me.

Get it? Marx and Angles...

A friend of mine is dressing up in a bathing suit with a lei and having mascara running down her face; she's a Tropical Depression.

My God, Heatherinspring. There are some doozies on that site. I quite honestly do not know where to start. LOL

ny boyfriend and i are going as michel and patricia from breathless. that is if i can get out of bed. stupid bronchitis.

I'm going as a Rubik's Cube! Cardboard, construction paper and a black marker recreates an instant 80's classic. And I don't have to worry about my boobs popping out of some cheaply sewn spandex costume to boot.

I'm going as a Rubik's Cube! Cardboard, construction paper and a black marker recreates an instant 80's classic. And I don't have to worry about my boobs popping out of some cheaply sewn spandex costume to boot.

I'm looking for a cow costume (they are really hard to find!). I want to put wings and a halo to it and be "HOLY COW!" :)

I don't think I can make sexy cow work. :D

i'm going as bikini kill-era kathleen hanna, 'SLUT' on my stomach and all.

for once, i'm very excited for it to be halloween.

i'm going as bikini kill-era kathleen hanna, 'SLUT' on my stomach and all.

for once, i'm very excited for it to be halloween.

soymilk, "And P.S. How fucking old is this topic? If I have to read one more "women dress in provocative costumes on Halloween, and I must be the only person intelligent enough to notice this trend, so please reward me with a blowjob for my cutting social commentary," articles, I'm going to vomit with rage."

SERIOUSLY.

abzab6, now THAT is a sexy costume.

i'm going as a lolcat.

the receptionist from beetlejuice! thats what im going as...painting myself blue and everything.

elektrodot - that is a FABULOUS costume idea!

rileystclair - I was wondering: How are you doing your costume? Kitty costume with a sign on a stick? Slogan T-shirt? When I read that I pictured a kitty wearing a tee that says "EXCUSE ME WTF r u doin?" LOL!

OMG. LOL Cat is a brilliant idea! If only I had a cat costume.

We've been getting a lot of traffic recently from people putting in things like "feminist Halloween costume for girls" into a Google search. It seems like maybe some parents don't want to dress their kids up like little baby devil slut again this year. So I racked my brains and came up with Marie Curie, Amelia Earhart, Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, and Hermione Granger. I sorta liked the Curie idea, though, so I might put on a lab coat and smear glow-in-the-dark face paint on my hands.

OK, I just had another idea:

If I was skinnier and could wear a pair of roller skates without falling on my ass constantly, I would TOTALLY do a Kira costume (Olivia Newton John's character in Xanadu!)

I have to say I agree with Cara. I think it was ok satire too and I especially agree with (as UM pointed out) his point that men are not supposed to display sexiness. (e.g. “Who wants to see two guys make out?�, which is something I have heard girls say). That and I share his disgust for pimp and ho parties.

I'm going to paint my face like a skeleton :)

You could be a Roller Derby player without being a stick, but you'd still need the skates. But the goth make-up could be fun.

Ninapendamaishi, funny you should say that... last week my boyfriend and I hit up the thrift stores and walked out with Ann Coulter and Mr. Rogers costumes. Come to think of it, that might be as close to polar opposites as you can get.

ok...totally off topic...but ya know, for some people halloween is a little more than dressing up and going for candy. sure, i still do it...but anyone who thinks this is a "kid's holiday" need do a little research. i don't normally get offended...but really...a little religious tolerance is nice...(btw...this isn't a jab at anyone here...just in general...stein's article got me re-riled up...)
my thoughts: on halloween

apologies if the link didn't work

damn...i am really bad at links...it's on my page...grr...

but i do love the dressing up and kid stuff too...

last year my kid was hermione granger, and this year she is yvane from 'stardust'.

i once went as a bar of soap...used foam and stuck clear balloons all over...

So-called boys' costumes -- firefighter, ninja, zombie, werewolf -- there's no reason girls can't wear them too. Same goes for women wearing so-called men's costumes.

Since when did a the gender of a zombie or a mummy or a ghost really matter?

Except in our wonderful porntoia.

My husband and I are going as robots from the Flight of the Conchords- "The Humans Are Dead" video. I guess we will be sexy robots since Bret and Jemaine are sexy...

I used to think Joel Stein was sorta hot, but now not so much.