tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post113081044071181291..comments2023-11-05T04:34:41.648-05:00Comments on broad recognition: Halloween: Women Undress to ImpressUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1131325313426870312005-11-06T20:01:00.000-05:002005-11-06T20:01:00.000-05:00I agree that public nudity and creative semi-nude ...I agree that public nudity and creative semi-nude "play" can be liberating activities for women and men; however, we should recognize the difference between the "slutty pumpkin" and paying $60 for a french maid porno uniform. <BR/><BR/>If Yale women were truly interested in subverting social norms or in displaying proud bodies, they wouldn't need to cater to heternormative male fantasy. (One may Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1131319212662951972005-11-06T18:20:00.000-05:002005-11-06T18:20:00.000-05:00What this makes me think about is how women in our...What this makes me think about is how women in our culture can be sexual in a positive light. My friends and I in high school would often dress up in totally ridiculous outfits, many of them definitely small and rather revealing, but we did it as a way to just fool around with clothing, as a way to do something weird and off kilter, and also as a way to enjoy our bodies, even in a sexual way. It Addahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16662009208759231213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1131172019193201752005-11-05T01:26:00.000-05:002005-11-05T01:26:00.000-05:00Now you've got me thinking about this. Even Opinio...Now you've got me thinking about this. Even <A HREF="http://opinionistas.blogspot.com/2005/10/costume-drama.html" REL="nofollow">Opinionistas</A> had a post about it. And while she had an eye-rolling tone when discussing it, neither she, nor any in the comments that I noticed, had any problems with it, nor any insights beyond the "norm-transgression" idea. The only alternate theory that I can Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1130865364419042682005-11-01T12:16:00.000-05:002005-11-01T12:16:00.000-05:00This post on Salon makes the same observation, but...<A HREF="http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/index.html?blog=/mwt/broadsheet/2005/10/31/halloween/index.html" REL="nofollow">This</A> post on Salon makes the same observation, but dismisses it as a result of more adults dressing up. Still lacking: an explanation of why adult women choose these costumes. It might be the transgression of norms that is desirable (an empowering/liberating explanationsabrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13032840561327704339noreply@blogger.com