Lolita, Privacy, and Dealing with Rude People...

[dapperdarling]

Yesterday I wore lolita outside for the first time by myself at the mall,
I was feeling pretty confident until I noticed two girls (around age 9-10) sneaking around quite obviously trying to take a picture of me. I politely told them that 'if they wanted to take a picture, they could just ask', and they insisted they were just playing a game on

Comments

[mariko_senpai]

If you don't want a person taking a photo of you, put your hand over your face and turn your back to them. If they're that thick and don't get the message, then they'll have a bunch of photos where you are obviously expressing your distaste and no one normal would want to show that kind of photo to other people.

[sprinklepuff]

No one normal tries to secretly take photos of someone else so they can make fun of him/her later with their friends. :\

[wane_of_undoing]

+1 -_-;

[mariko_senpai]

Well it's not always because they want to make fun of the person, often it's because it's just interesting. But I've had otherwise normal people outside of a convention become quite invasive when I am working in my booth during a con (show us your petticoat! I want to see what your hair is like under your wig!), and some people even become rude when I say I am working, as if they are entitled to a photo simply because it's a con o_O DROP EVERYTHING I WANT YOUR PHOTO NAO nevermindthe10millioncustomerswaitingtobeserved. I'm happy to do it when there is no one in the booth or I have an army of other people watching it for me (rare), but not when it is busy. I can't even give lolitas a photo most times, and that's sad because they value the photos the most.

[kodachi148]

See, I'm super paranoid. That's what I think always, that the person is taking a picture of me to make fun of me. I just don't like pictures taken of me, makes me super uncomfy.