tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post5199842324717559230..comments2023-10-07T11:03:10.202-05:00Comments on Autist's Corner: Awesome Website: Take Back Halloween!Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-14187015927165474922010-10-16T10:48:22.400-05:002010-10-16T10:48:22.400-05:00@ Take Back Halloween.
I am aware that Amaterasu ...@ Take Back Halloween. <br />I am aware that Amaterasu is popular in anime and video games. Having a B.A in Asian Studies and Japanese culture helps with that sort of knowledge. <br />However, it doesn't change the questionable idea of having a goddess of a practiced religion be portrayed in Halloween, especially by a white woman. Just ask Heidi Klum: <br />http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/klum-upsets-hindus-with-goddess-kali-costume_1085503Leah Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798094383285526940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-32708007640006408712010-10-16T00:15:51.236-05:002010-10-16T00:15:51.236-05:00Thanks so much for the post! We appreciate it.
I...Thanks so much for the post! We appreciate it.<br /><br />I just wanted to respond to Leah Jane's comment that "the models of the costumes/makeup/wigs were white women." On the site we're doing our best to point people to products that are readily available at a good price. Obviously we have no control over the models used by manufacturers. In fact, there is a stunning lack of non-white models in the retail world as a whole. We've tried to find products with more appropriate models whenever possible, but most of the time it's just not possible. So we're stuck with the goofy white guy modeling the pharaoh headdress and so on. <br /><br />As for the cultural appropriation thing, not everybody online is white. Our site is for everybody: Japanese, Iranian, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, etc., etc. <br /><br />(By the way, Amaterasu is very popular in Japan as an anime character, video game character, etc.)Take Back Halloweennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-89679238237804679232010-10-15T21:21:45.731-05:002010-10-15T21:21:45.731-05:00Yeah, it's true, there's still the issue o...Yeah, it's true, there's still the issue of appropriating other people's cultures.<br /><br />They do address it on the About page, but you're right about it being questionable to dress up as a deity in a religion that's still being practiced.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-64183019234180112102010-10-15T20:51:29.291-05:002010-10-15T20:51:29.291-05:00Wait, I just noticed they have a disclaimer on the...Wait, I just noticed they have a disclaimer on their "About" page, urging people to "Use care if you're stepping outside your own cultural heritage". Which is a plus.Leah Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798094383285526940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-74718059071041046612010-10-15T20:42:42.835-05:002010-10-15T20:42:42.835-05:00Well, while I adore a good portion of the website,...Well, while I adore a good portion of the website, and love the idea, a few of the costumes teeter dangerously close to the unfortunate implications territory. I noticed that on both the web page for the Murasaki Shikibu costume, and the costume of the Shinto deity Amaterasu, the models of the costumes/makeup/wigs were white women. I'm not saying that the costumes are inherently bad ideas, but I think it was in poor taste not to have an Asian model for those costumes. Also, I'm not religious, but I don't particularly like the idea of dressing up as a deity for a religion that is still alive today and has 119 million followers for Halloween, so I don't like the idea of going as Amaterasu for Halloween. <br />Just my two cents. It's an otherwise brilliant idea, but it could use some tweaking.Leah Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798094383285526940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-50607152001580765622010-10-15T20:14:58.066-05:002010-10-15T20:14:58.066-05:00I never understood those "sexy" costumes...I never understood those "sexy" costumes. I mean, here it tends to be on the colder side come Halloween, so it just doesn't seem logical. *shrug*<br />People... are silly.<br /><br />That website is pretty awesome. I'm planning on being a zombie this year, myself [I blame Dead Rising 2]; but maybe next year the website can help me [I tend to have trouble coming up with costume ideas these days.].Belinda the Nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04211257675805608720noreply@blogger.com