Silly Sexiness on Halloween
Oh my word. I was looking at Halloween costumes online at a big box store and among the offerings for women were some of the silliest things I’ve seen. These don’t quite beat out the Sexy Piñata costume I saw on Amazon, but they rank high on the ridiculous index. Here they are, including costumes that are not even close to being connected to the real jobs they represent. Sexy Commando? Come on now. And then there’s just plain weird. Racy Racoon? Sexy Nemo? You gotta be kidding me! Please, I beg you. Just say no. Bustle even wrote an article on it last year, and I think my favorite from that post was Sexy Carrot!
Let’s think about fun, empowering Halloween costumes! What ideas do you have?
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Agree, I wrote a full feature about Take Back Halloween and also the whole notion of debunking the ‘market demand’ mythology… http://www.shapingyouth.org/take-back-halloween-debunking-the-mythology-of-market-demand/ The sexualized sameness is a snorefest…
It is amazing the ideas that some companies come up with and somebody buys! There are great ideas for women’s costumes at http://takebackhalloween.org/?page=store – and they help you with ideas on how to make the costumes – it’s great!