That is fabulous! I especially like the bit about funny costumes. I *love* funny costumes. I wore one to work a few years ago. It went over well. I wore a cow costume with a halo and wings. I was HOLY COW! It was especially fun because I was working at a church. :)

Oh, sexy costumes. I love cute costumes. Love them. But, you see, I'm fat. I'm happy to be fat and I love my body, but they don't really make costumes in my size. Period. Let alone sexy ones. Even the plus size costumes don't flatter me. So, I usually end up making my own costumes.

This year I was going to go as an emo girl and read silly emo poetry about how I hate Disneyland strollers. But that didn't work out. O well.

Either my irony meter needs to be completely recalibrated, or that was a disturbing video.

Is there such a word as "pinkwashing"?

Well. I sorta have a sexy costume this year, if dressing in drag as a Zombie David Bowie counts?

This reminds me of the scene in Fight Club in which Tyler criticizes the Hilfiger ad. If I hadn’t enjoyed watching Erin, I would’ve said that her critique falls under “exploitation”. Unless she’s satirizing critiques which present conflicting messages.

I would love to see a "sexy haz-mat technician" costume sometime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4rUiV_Hh74&p=650CFAC99AEF50E9&playnext=1&index=1

"Girl's Costume Warehouse"

This video makes a similar point but it is considerably funnier, mostly because of the north Jersey accents.

I want Sarah Haskins back. Erin Gibson is not remotely funny or thought-provoking.

Johanna Blakely has a good point: sexy IS both on the inside and the outside. Our society considers a lot of things 'sexy:' body, face, hair, sense of humor, intelligence, success, etc etc etc. It's very rare that you hear someone raving about how hot someone is because they are unintelligent or don't have a steady source of income. The issue, at least when you apply this logic to Halloween costumes, is not that PEOPLE are focused only on how much skin is being shown, but that different facets of 'sexy' apply to different genders. Certainly, men don't actively go after stupid women, and women don't go after ugly men. But a man who is considered sexy is more likely to be 'not hideous looking, but very smart, funny, or rich.' A woman considered sexy probably has a nice body, hair, and face, in that order, though being smart or funny certainly won't count against her. Look at 'alternative' Western subcultures, such as hipsters and self-proclaimed nerds. They claim to have an alternative standard of beauty for both men and women, and pride intelligence, humor, and creativity over stereotypical attractive traits. But look at the men and women who represent those groups. The men are people like Seth Rogan and Michael Cera: not terribly unattractive by any means, but also don't meet the mainstream standards of male beauty. Their characters aren't heroes for being hot or macho or wealthy, but for being funny, intelligent, and charming in their own quirky ways. The women who represent these groups, though? Are people like Zooey Deschanel and Ellen Page. Who don't really deviate from the mainstream beauty standards. Their characters are also prized for being funny, intelligent, or charmingly quirky, but the message still stands: a man doesn't have to be physically attractive to be sexy, he can be sexy by virtue of other sexy traits. Women have to be physically sexy, other sexy traits are just icing.

That was kind of long winded but it all goes back to why men's Halloween costumes can be sexy, scary, funny, or clever, and no one questions him, but women's costumes are quite often expected to simply be sexy, even if they're total non-sequiters (I've mentioned the 'sexy house' costume before).

Well... I have to admit that I am a girl that is going to dress sexy this halloween...But I'm honestly not looking for attention (well that's a lie...I want my female friends and my boyfriend to see me...). I don't know how to explain this, but I feel more 'free' in not a lot of cloths. Maybe I'm an exhibitionist. And I finally I can show a little more skin than when I normally go out WITHOUT the slutshaming.