Female Costumes on Halloween

I. Love. Halloween. It is my favorite holiday by far. It celebrates all the things I love: dressing up, weird characters, bothering strangers for candy, etc. Conveniently, my usual style of dressing doesn't seem weird around this time, it just seems like I'm just extra festive.

Now, the best part about Halloween (besides the November 1st sales) is dressing up. As an actress, getting fully into character and getting the makeup, costume, and mannerisms just right has always been the thing I most enjoy. I also think that now in modern times, Halloween truly allows people to get creative, funny, and intricate if they want to be, when most of the time this behavior is not considered to be "normal."

I respect creativity and going all out. So, that's why I get pissed off when I see the trend in female costumes. Apparently, if you put on a red tutu, basic white T-shirt, and mouse ears, you're automatically Minnie Mouse. ...The fuck? What the hell happened to at least TRYING?

The problem with female costumes always coming in either "Slut" or "Sluttier" is that it takes away from the original character for the sake of "sexiness." I always thought that the point of Halloween was to pick a character (preferably something completely different than regular you) and completely embody it. That's what makes me dislike female costumes on Halloween. Why, in most cases, do guys get to resemble a character more closely than a girl? Popeye will always be Popeye, never "Buff/Shirtless Popeye." If you want to be a Crayon, get an unflattering cylinder and triangle-shaped hat and BE that crayon! Last time I checked, crayons didn't come in hourglass shapes! Or at least HAVE that option available for girls, so that they, too, can be that unflattering crayon!

Now, as I don't want to sound like a hypocrite, I do understand that female versions of patriarchal characters have always been "slutified." Look at She-Hulk or Super Girl! I was "Miss" Edward Scissorhands this year! I had a skirt & fishnets instead of the the body suit. But, I very closely resembled the original character and tried my best to embody him, rather than put a tight miniskirt, black tank top, and crazy hair and call myself Edward Scissorhands.

The point I'm trying to (muddily) make is that you can still look "sexy" and still BE the character. Don't call yourself something just for the sake of saying you have a costume, when clearly the point was to look as good and cute as possible. In that case, be a "kitty."