Submitted 2 days ago by ccunning@lemmy.world to [deleted]
Rule of thumb:
I’m half asleep so I may have forgotten something but if I didn’t, then answering No to all of those should be the minimum thing you do.
What’s the costume? I’ll tell you real quick if it’s offensive. Go for it.
I think as long as you’re not in blackface you can wear whatever the hell you want
I’m pretty sure there are other exceptions
My sexy Adolf Hitler got a great reception tonight.
Is it Wonder Man?
With all the Bowsettes last year, I’m tempted to say no in the name of equality.
Oh god was that only last year??
No, it was 5 years ago last week, actually.
Not sure honestly. It may have been the year before. Or even earlier. Or maybe I’m just slow at noticing popular media trends. As you can see, I’m doing great at growing old.
I’m just having a hard time imagining a scenario in which it would be offensive…
Plenty where it would be a little confusing. Sandra Dude O’Connor, or Susan Bro Anthony would take some explaining, at the least.
I personally think all gender flip characters are dumb, in either direction, personally. But here’s the thing; it doesn’t matter what I think. Do whatever the hell you want.
I have a question for you that needs answering first. Offensive to whom?
Let’s say “marginalized groups”…
It’s called “genderful appropriation”. I just invented it. All the cool people will be getting offended by it really soon.
I’m not cool and I’m fucking furious you excluded me
But more importantly, I’m furious that infinite excluded hugh
People love the genderbending of characters. Go nuts.
No
Why would it be? Here is me and my ex on Halloween 2020. I was Lydia, she was Beetlejuice.
These are cute costumes!
You guys both look awesome
No, cosplayers do that all the time
No?
To whom could it be offensive?
Go for it! Those offended are not your target audience
Be whomever you want to be
No
No.
No, assuming the gender bend is respectful.
I dont think so, nor do I care. Black people dress up as white characters all the time, I consider it the same. Dressing up as a character means that character means something to you, so I dont see where anyone should be offended by it.
Why make it about race?
In case someone reading had a similar question about race. Why do you care, do people of different races bother you?
I can’t see a problem with fictional characters. It’s when you bring in the real people that the drama starts. Trans JK Rowling, KaMANla Harris, Hillbilly Eilish, and Marjory Taylor Peen all seem like they would raise a few eyebrows.
For the record these would all be hilarious, ESPECIALLY Rowling
Ha, never heard or thought of trans Rowling but if I knew Harry Potter better I’d be damned tempted.
That’s Hannah Potter now.
No
scarabic@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
A boy at my kids preschool wanted to be Anna from Frozen. His parents dressed him as Anna. I don’t think they went out of their way to feminize him - he had no wig, for example. But he was in a dress, because that’s what Anna wears. Was he a “male version of Anna?” No. Was he going as a female? No. He was just the character. Similarly, if a little girl puts on an iron man suit, is she a “female iron man?” No.
So when you say “a male version of a character” I hear that you are not just going as a character who happens to be the other gender but you are putting a specific twist on that character. There’s nothing wrong with that necessarily. But it could definitely go wrong depending on the character and how you handle it. We’d just need more information. It’s one of those things that doesn’t have bright line rules. Like all issues of content offensiveness.