Quick reminder: someone's culture is not a costume. So what is cultural appropriation? Can a Halloween costume be a form of cultural appropriation? But also, how incredibly fun is cosplay in general?
It's almost Halloween. Honestly, some of us start planning for Halloween earlier in the year (no judgment here), but much of the decision-making happens now in the weeks leading up to the big night. And that means this is a great time totalk about how some costumes might seem like a great idea, but actuallyhurtful to many peoplebecause they are a form of cultural appropriation. Below we assembled some documentaries about the topic of cultural appropriation and the awesomeness of cosplay all year round.
We think Halloween costumes should be fun and easy to dance in. Oh,we don't all do a little monster mash to celebrate?
Remember that PBS has 50 years of awesome characters to inspire costumes that will make people smile without appropriating anyone's culture. The Molly of Denali producers understand that kids of all ages are looking to their favorite shows for costume inspiration so they offered their suggestion for a Molly of Denalicostume. We can think of a few more: Julia Child, Fred Rogers, or Bob Ross. The list goes on, but we'll wait and see what you come up with this year! Seriously, tag us in your Halloween costume posts!We're leaning towards goingcontemporary with a wig and anod to one of our all-time favorite documentary filmmakers?
