Zapper14: Magnir: Two Halloweens ago, I believe, someone posted some pics of a cute as hell redhead chick dressed up as the mad hatter. Hawt. That is all.
This what you're lookin for?

Damn, Preview is your friend.

FTFA:

Joe Thaler, head of TransWorld Exhibits Inc., runs the annual Halloween Expo for big-box retailers. He said suggestive costumes for girls burst onto the scene about three years ago and the phenomenon is so big that he's had to create a separate fashion show. The costumes have since moved to the plus-size market for adult women and now come in teen and preteen versions

i just felt a cold chill go through my very soul.

bride_of_adam_cole: Me and the wife were just talking about this and the whole thing from "Mean Girls"

I love Karen's the best... perfect example.

wheresmycandyman-looks like a dude...

*snicker*

Olsen Twins

Probably not safe for work

The Slush: If a parent brought their child to my door dressed as a geisha, I'd probably take them aside and explain what that meant.

I sure hope not, since as you appear to be equating 'geisha' with 'prostitute', you are fairly clueless yourself.

There's also something to be said that that 'geisha girl' costune you link to is only 'geisha' in the same sense that that's the only word that your average target shopper can associate with japanese females. that outfit has as much to do with geisha (or maiko, for that matter) as somebody wearing a cheap polyester suit trying to pass themselves off as 'abraham lincoln.'

i like skantly clad sloots as much as the next guy, but i think this thread is refering to like... 8-12 year olds...does not want...


/you shouldent either
//firefox spellcheck for shouldent = shouldest...nice

Procedural Texture: obligatory Onion reference:

That always makes me LOL.

When I was young kids would blacken their faces with burnt cork and wear their father's old clothes. not p.c. these days.

What ever happened to making your own costumes? I never had a store-bought costume when I was a kid.



/ We were coal-mining, lint-sucking stumps. And we LIKED it!

William 'Fat Tony' Williams: FTFA:

Joe Thaler, head of TransWorld Exhibits Inc., runs the annual Halloween Expo for big-box retailers. He said suggestive costumes for girls burst onto the scene about three years ago and the phenomenon is so big that he's had to create a separate fashion show. The costumes have since moved to the plus-size market for adult women and now come in teen and preteen versions

i just felt a cold chill go through my very soul.


Yeaaacchcchh seconded!

No pedobear? I thought this was fark.com.

I tried on my costume yesterday, but took no pics, so instead, I'll show you the model.



No, not the queen of hearts. Alice. And apparently the drama department is putting on a Wonderland themed party, which works, since my friend is going as the Mad Hatter, and my next door neighbor is going as the queen of hearts.

Plus, I'm 21, so there will be much drinking in heels.

From TFA "Gabby Cirenza, 11, of Alexandria wound up as Lady Juliette after her mother vetoed several racier costumes. (By Melina Mara -- The Washington Post)"

The ironic thing is that Juliet was 13 in the play (And... yes, she has sex with Romeo). How's that for a role model for a 13 year old. Sleeps with older boys, then cuts herself to death.

The hardcore girls just wear lingerie and some form of animal ears.

BTW, The Slush, a geisha is not a prostitute, though some of the geisha costumes would have you think otherwise. Don't know if you are up on Japanese culture or not.


/I'm a mouse...duh
//loves Mean Girls
///will be a geisha for halloween...Mameha from Memoirs of a Geisha

Rainbow Brite pics please?

This can actually be easily traced to the influence of pop culture on society. The images seen on TV and the words heard in song are a constant influence on the youth in this nation. The underlying current in pop culture is one of sexualized and objectified females. Why? Because those who control the output are males. Plain and simple. They push the content to match what they want to see. It serves only to scratch that itch.

Combine that with the conservative push to have subservient women and it is easy to see why girls are being compelled to objectify themselves at younger and younger ages.

JOHNDX: Olsen Twins

Probably not safe for work



It's a fake!

Procedural Texture: obligatory Onion reference:

7. Sexy Mother Teresa?

WTF? Ain't that one of dem oxygen morans or sumpin'?

llewyrr: I tried on my costume yesterday, but took no pics, so instead, I'll show you the model.



No, not the queen of hearts. Alice. And apparently the drama department is putting on a Wonderland themed party, which works, since my friend is going as the Mad Hatter, and my next door neighbor is going as the queen of hearts.

Plus, I'm 21, so there will be much drinking in heels.

You give true Alice fans a bad name. I'd love to dress up as Alice, but I don't want to look like a trashy slut doing so.

Whoopty Whoo The Precious Bongo Boy

Oh! hahahaha....

God bless america

I love Halloween

GuyCaballero: The Slush: Geisha Girl Costume - Child (pops)

If a parent brought their child to my door dressed as a geisha, I'd probably take them aside and explain what that meant.

Well-educated, usually multilingual entertainers versed in the Japanese arts?

Great reply.

The Slush
Geisha Girl Costume - Child (pops)

If a parent brought their child to my door dressed as a geisha, I'd probably take them aside and explain what that meant.

Geisha (芸者, Geisha?) or Geigi (芸妓, Geigi?) are traditional, female Japanese entertainers, whose skills include performing various Japanese arts, such as classical music and dance. Contrary to popular opinion and stereotypes, geisha are not prostitutes and do not engage in sexual activity as part of their job.

Whoopty Whoo The Precious Bongo Boy: This can actually be easily traced to the influence of pop culture on society. The images seen on TV and the words heard in song are a constant influence on the youth in this nation. The underlying current in pop culture is one of sexualized and objectified females. Why? Because those who control the output are males. Plain and simple. They push the content to match what they want to see. It serves only to scratch that itch.

Combine that with the conservative push to have subservient women and it is easy to see why girls are being compelled to objectify themselves at younger and younger ages.

I'll be in my bunk.

I'm a little irritated with all the young girls dressing all sexy. When I was Rainbow Brite as a child, I had a plastic mask and a plastic red smock thing.

When I was Rainbow Brite two years ago, I got molested by Dorothy. No plastic mask for me!

And the fact that they make "Plus Size Sexy Costumes" just makes me wanna puke.

FTFA: Cheryl Cirenza shook her head in exasperated disbelief. "When I was their age, I was a bunch of grapes."

Yeah, sour grapes.

Whoopty Whoo The Precious Bongo Boy: This can actually be easily traced to the influence of pop culture on society. The images seen on TV and the words heard in song are a constant influence on the youth in this nation. The underlying current in pop culture is one of sexualized and objectified females. Why? Because those who control the output are males. Plain and simple. They push the content to match what they want to see. It serves only to scratch that itch.

Combine that with the conservative push to have subservient women and it is easy to see why girls are being compelled to objectify themselves at younger and younger ages.

Fail.

GuyCaballero:
Well-educated, usually multilingual entertainers versed in the Japanese arts?

Lemme tell ya, those geisha really do know how to use their tongues though...

Dressing like your kid like a slut is not new!

i never have gotten a straight answer to this question:

why do so many girls want to dress slutty on halloween?

westbound pachyderm: This year, I'm going as Hunter S. Thompson. In drag.

No women, no children. That's what separates us from the bad guys.

The Slush: Geisha Girl Costume - Child (pops)

If a parent brought their child to my door dressed as a geisha, I'd probably take them aside and explain what that meant.

What... she might become a talented dancer, musician, and singer, as well as an accomplished conversationalist who can pour drinks with poise and style, and do it all while making drunk, power-hungry businessmen feel like they deserve their inflated egos?

Most geisha weren't whores, the whores worked around the corner. They were more like psychiatrists... listening to people talk about themselves, administering calming medicine, and separating fools from their money.

The Slush: If a parent brought their child to my door dressed as a geisha, I'd probably take them aside and explain what that meant.

That's a myth. Geisha are not prostitutes. See Wikipedia (pops) for more details.

/some prostitutes, though, dress sort of like geisha
//check the obi - bow in front = prostitute, bow in back = geisha

WaltzingMathilda: now that it's fixed, i say, keep up the good work pop culture!

And this is exactly why the problem continues to grow.

I want that multi pass chick. Yum!

I really do think this is sad. Not merely from the perspective that younger and younger girls are being introduced to an increasingly sexualized media, but from the perspective that young men are expected to see this sort of thing and repress their urges, regardless of whether the attention is consensual or not. We encourage our daughters to dress like the raciest of whores did twenty years ago, and slap young men who react to it as can only be expected with sex offender status?

We treat minors as though they are unable to make decisions for themselves - all right. It's reasonable to assume that some of the young girls wearing this kind of thing aren't aware of the sexual connotations it grants thus, perhaps one might assume it is inappropriate? It is just as reasonable to assume that young boys aren't intimately familiar with the process of law dealing with this kind of thing. Is it simple chance that human bodies mature sexually far sooner than they mature emotionally? No - it is nature's perogative, saying "reproduce now, while you're young, and you can deal with the consequences later".

Our society, unfortunately, is not built to support this kind of life-changing event and that age, nor, perhaps, should it be; what was good for the species thousands of years ago is not now - we live longer, healthier lives, and the chance of death during childbirth is far less than it once was.

So I think that the corporations taking advantage of this kind of thing - the money-grubbing idiots in charge of decisions at costume-making companies, the media outlets that popularize dressing for sex appeal at ages where acting on this is normally punished by law - should be dealt the full extent of the law that would touch the victims of the popularization and commercialization of these inappropriate clothes, and further the inappropriate conduct therein implied.

"Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it"

Yeah but, honey, you're twelve.

Wow, Slush is getting all kinds of owned in this thread.

lesliessexxy: I'm a little irritated with all the young girls dressing all sexy. When I was Rainbow Brite as a child, I had a plastic mask and a plastic red smock thing.

Hahaha! I had the Barbie one like that. I saw pictures of it the other day, and holy shiat, those things are scary-looking!

DownTheRabbitHole: llewyrr: I tried on my costume yesterday, but took no pics, so instead, I'll show you the model.



No, not the queen of hearts. Alice. And apparently the drama department is putting on a Wonderland themed party, which works, since my friend is going as the Mad Hatter, and my next door neighbor is going as the queen of hearts.

Plus, I'm 21, so there will be much drinking in heels.

You give true Alice fans a bad name. I'd love to dress up as Alice, but I don't want to look like a trashy slut doing so.

wo0o0o! Cat fight!

Learned my lesson last time:

Has to be said:

DownTheRabbitHole: You give true Alice fans a bad name. I'd love to dress up as Alice, but I don't want to look like a trashy slut doing so.

Not fair. I posted the fanart from American McGee's but there wasn't nearly enough time to make it. Plus I'm living on a college campus. You try and pull off something scary and not look like a total douche.