Today we summarize a batch of mail we have recently received, with this one, which most closely encapsulates the general vibe:
Dear Bunnyshop:
Halloween is just around the corner. I want to dress up, but I’m always freaked out by how everyone else at the parties is Slutty Nurse, Slutty Cowgirl, whatever. What can I do? I’m not even sure I want to go out at this point.
Love,
A.
Oh, Halloween. We mean, really. We remember being in elementary school and dressing up as a “Dutch girl” (which we were, in fact, sort of) with the clogs and the peaked hat. And then maybe we’d be a hobo or a witch or whatever. We don’t remember what happened in between elementary school and college, but something definitely had, because suddenly everyone was dressing like [Fill In Occuption] Slut. Or Slutty [Fill In Occupation. Slutty nurse, slutty secretary, slutty schoolteacher, etc. Here is a list from Extreme Halloween:
Sexy Dorothy
Glitter Mermaid
Vixen Pirate Wench
Mile High Captain Uniform
Pretty Plumber Costume
Wizard Wanda
Teacher’s Pet Sexy School Girl
French Maid
Bettie Page
Sexy Saucy Marie Playboy Costume
We. Are. Just. Not doing this. We are boycotting. We will say: We have lived almost exclusively in cities with traditions of taking Halloween very seriously, and every once in a while—we saw a couple of these last year and were very pro, and were all, “Hmm, wish we could think of something that clever.” But we can’t. Unless we thought about it very, very hard. We’re sure for some people, clever Halloween costumes come very naturally. For us, they do not, and we need that section of brain to figure out, say, how to … knife? carve up? dice? an onion. (Because obviously we haven’t entirely wrapped our head around it yet.) We will be somewhere between Austin, TX, and Denver, CO, for Halloween this year, and we are planning on spending it in a Motel 6 room somewhere (glam! not! but actually, we love Motel 6! as long as there are no meth addicts there! like that one time! at least we think it was meth!) watching Comedy Central or reading Suze Orman books or, we don’t know, falling asleep.
Our position, in short: Fourth of July. Love it. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Labor Day. Pro. The thing about holidays is, we don’t need to participate in all of them. Hate to be the grinch here, but for us: Halloween: pass.
Anybody else have a position?
Source: www.bunnyshop.org
