HAPPY HALLOWEEN from the ladies of “magnifiqueNOIR” :) 

(and yes THE KICKSTARTER is still going, there’s two more days!)

It is true that the cosplayers who do this generally aren’t slapping on shoe polish or anything that takes them to that offensive level, and they (and their supporters) are always quick to point that out. They’re quick to use words like “appreciation,” as in, they love and appreciate the character so much that they just want to do a good job representing them. They aren’t trying to mock them, but pay homage to them. They aren’t really doing “blackface” because they’re using proper makeup techniques and they don’t look like they’ve just dipped their faces in oil.

But here’s the thing. At the end of the day, those people? They can take the make-up off. They can stop being black.

We can’t.

So I’ll be completely honest, it was both very difficult to wait to weigh in on this, but I knew this article was going up today so I didn’t want to say my thoughts until it went up (since it covers all of my feelings on the subject), and… I was kind of nervous to even write this piece because when this issue comes up, there is a lot of backlash toward people who are against painting your skin. I watched friends get belittled and saw people just trample over their feelings, and I’m not just talking followers, I’m talking about friendships just collapsing because they didn’t want to hear what their black friend had to say.

Before I wrote this I considered either a) not writing it at all or b) just posting something on my page and that being the end of it. But then my frustrations of this being a yearly thing took over and I sat down, looked at as many comments as I could stomach, the different articles, and everything I could before I got my thoughts together and wrote this up in an attempt to break down every reason given that tries to justify changing your skin to represent a different race.

Everything I feel on this issue is in this article, so if you want to know what I think, then all you have to do is read it. If you do decide to comment, I ask that you be respectful to me or anyone else who comments, even if they don’t agree with you. I don’t expect everyone to agree with me, but if we’re going to make any sort of progress, I do hope that people will at least listen.

brichibiwritesthings:

So I don’t actually have plans tonight (did Halloween stuff this last weekend), but I did want to wear something. Somehow, I ended up putting together an outfit that resembles a character who shows up in “Hunters.”  She’s a future character, so she won’t be in the first book, but we have her all thought out  ^^

She’s a lounge singer, but she’s also a Hunter on the side.  She’s a cool, confident lady who is really good at what she does.  I’m really excited to get to her in the book series  <3

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Kind of obsessed with suspenders after doing Cecil so here’s a thing. It’s all clothing pieces I already have so I could potentially just… dress like this forever?  

Happy Halloween! 

squirps:

PLEASE REMEMBER TO NOT LET YOUR BLACK CATS OUTSIDE AROUND OR ON HALLOWEEN BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SCARY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO KILL/DO CULT THINGS WITH BLACK CATS ON HALLOWEEN!! actually, just keep your pets inside on halloween, it’s a fun holiday but there are some god awful people out there!

ALSO REMEMBER! if you work at an animal shelter or a pet store, don’t sell black cats around or on halloween for the same reason! keep your cute kitty cats safe! this has been a kitty psa

Reblogging for my kitties Carter and Clayton, and reblogging for everyone else’s kitties too.

nymre:

Halloween in snk town. they do it for the kids (and yes that is hanji)

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!

1.  So on the way to our Halloween party we passed an Arby’s.  Clearly, this picture had to be taken.  I posted pictures of my Cecil a little while ago, but now I have my wifey/Carlos with me  <3

2,  The finished Night Vale cake that my wifey made for said Halloween party  :)

Cosplay page is here <3

You mean it’s possible?! Quick, tell Julianne Hough !

OMG!  I’m part of this article, wow!  <3  This is awesome!

a-man-n-progress:

shart-nado:

Think Anorexia is funny? Sorry. I am a survivor and find NOTHING cute about this.

Wanna dress up like an Anorexic? All it takes is:

• 4 years of hospitalization 
• A nasogastric feeding-tube because you’ve starved yourself so much that your body doesn’t recognize food as a good thing and tries to attack itself.
• Re-Feeding Syndrome, which can kill you. 
• Emotional struggles for years. 
• A father crying and pleading on his knees begging for you to get help
• A mother who cries every time she sees you because you look and SMELL like death.
• Holidays missed, birthdays crying in a hospital.
• Almost every major organ in your body failing.
• A shower chair - because you can’t stand in the shower because you’re too weak and the warm water could make you pass out.
• A wheelchair, because you are too weak to walk and it could make you go into cardiac arrest.
• A lifetime of medications for anxiety and the health issues “Anna Rexia” caused.
• Plenty of money for multiple ER trips due to “Anna Rexia” even in recovery.
• And if you don’t get help like I do, or even if you do, a coffin. Because I’ve lost more friends to this eating disorder then anything I’ve ever faced.

I almost died from this. I know it’s supposed to be funny and shit and yeah I get that, but seriously. THIS IS NOT FUNNY. Anorexia is nothing to party about or laugh at. It’s real, it’s deadly, and should not be marketed as a slutty outfit.

Want to dress as “Anna Rexia”? Just go as a Vampire, or a Zombie. Because 1/3 of us are dead.

i am fucking crying

I know we’re all about the “it’s a culture not a costume” movement, but THIS needs to be a movement of its own.  I can’t believe this costume is even a fucking thing.  

So my wifey and I are doing Cecil and Carlos tonight for Horrorfest.  She’s currently making cake and cupcakes and we’re going to decorate them Night Vale style at least attempt to.  

This has led to fun headcanons like:

Cecil:  *tries to take some chocolate batter* 

Carlos:  Hey!  I need that for my experiments!

Cecil:  I thought you used all that you needed already…

Carlos:  I did not.  I will let you know.

Cecil:  My dear viewers.  There are delicious experiments taking place in my kitchen.  Unfortunately, Carlos has banned me from partaking in them…

So my wifey and I are going to be Cecil and Carlos from Welcome to Night Vale for our Halloween party this weekend. Originally, she was going to be Cecil and I was going to be Carlos. But we couldn’t find anything that worked for me in regards to Carlos (no lab coat that fit, no cute flannel shirt that fit, ect.) So, we switched! I’m going to be Cecil now and I’ll get to obsess over Carlos. Perfect, beautiful Carlos. 

Here’s a test picture. I’ll be doing make up and things on Saturday and will take better pictures  :)