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[ladyoracle]

I was looking at Halloween costume ideas online, and when I did a search for "feminist halloween costumes," I got alot of information about feminists protesting the exploitative nature of most womens' halloween costumes

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[chreebomb]

A t-shirt that says "I refuse to buy an anti-woman costume such as Wonder Woman that objectifies and oppresses women. Which is why I'm left wearing an ugly, oversized tee with no makeup."

;)

[outtajo]

HAHAHA... perfect :)

[redindigo]

you know, i dressed up as rosie the riveter two years ago, and maybelline jenkins (essentially an alter-ego of mine that i dug up from the recesses of my soul in order to illuminate the "slutty" side of me...she cracked me up!) the next.

i think it's much more important to spend time with feminists on halloween then to worry about whether you'll wear a french maid or a pirate's wench costume. in the company of feminists, those costumes can take on a whole new meaning, i think. choose not to wear any of that crap and make your own.

[99catsaway]

Ooooh, Rosie the Riveter is a good one!

[goodlookinout]

oooh I love this!!

how did both of you do it (ie what did you wear??)

[savestheworld]

you could dress up as a sweatshop worker who's making costumes ;) hahah

feminist halloween costume tangent

[jbarron]

This is not exactly the same, but one year I went as the Statue of Women's Liberty, for which I basically took a statue of liberty pattern, added little feminist details to it (the "gate" around the flame on the torch was made to look like interweaving bras, there were little female symbols across the crown, "The Second Sex" replaced the tablet) and put on every damn feminist/womyn-friendly/glbt-related pin I could lay my hands on.

Kinda cheesy, and I had to keep explaining it, but lots of fun...

Re: feminist halloween costume tangent

[ladyoracle]

That sounds fun!

[ladyoracle]

sexy meatpacker would especially be ironic, because I'm a vegetarian :)

[sodalisque]

That whole "Sexy ____" was the first thing I thought of.

Sexy Fry Cook?

Sexy Homeless Person?

I think I'd be a Sexy Tree.