Tag Archives: Halloween
Favourite new tumblr: Fuck No Sexist Halloween Costumes
TweetUgh, it’s that time of year again. That time when people who you think are normal and sensible and great suddenly morph, not into monsters or ghouls, but into walking talking demonstrations of sexism, racism, and cultural appropriation. It’s Halloween. Via Sociological Images, check out the new blog Fuck No Sexist Halloween Costumes, which compares [...]
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Halloween brings out the worst in horrible people
TweetHalloween may be a cringe-worthy time of year, but it can also reveal people’s true colors. The folks at the anti-choice Susan B. Anthony List, for instance, carved up this jack-o-lantern yesterday. If there’s a more terrifying Halloween nightmare than having your womb occupied against your will by a fetus with an oddly large hand, [...]
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“We’re a culture, not a costume”
Tweet It’s Halloween season folks, and with that also comes the season when politically-minded people cringe at the plethora of offensive halloween costumes that will invariably decorate the shelves. Maya wrote about “sexy” costumes last week. With that in mind, a really poignant ad campaign, of which the poster below is a part, is circulating [...]
The Wednesday Weigh-In: Sexy Halloween Edition
Tweet Read Part 2 of the cartoon at The Hairpin. “Sexy Virgnia Woolf” is my fav. It’s almost Halloween, you guys! Which means yet another year of eye-rolling about how TEH SEXY has completely taken over. Jillian Tamaki’s costume ideas in Part 2 of the cartoon above are so hilarious/sad because they not very different [...]
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How many women dressed up kinda like Karlie Kloss for Halloween?