I loved the comments under differentiateddoormat’s piece on Halloween costumes. The readers offered suggestions for individuals to try to change the partriarchical culture that promotes and “suggests” sexy costumes.
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It is rather daft that all women’s costumes sold commercially are pretty revealing! I tend to put mine together from stuff I have at home, so last year I went as a dryad 😀
Awesome costume. My best one was a bat, but that was when I was little.
Thank you for mentioning me! I forgot to mention in my own post my last Hallowe’en costume: Mrs Lovatt from Sweeney Todd – making men into pies 😉 – all homemade including blacking out a tooth with kohl pencil and taking real pies with plastic severed fingers sticking out to the party.
I wanted to do that but my ex wouldn’t go as Sweeney. I love the pies bit!
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