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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 minutes ago

Go for it! Those offended are not your target audience

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 hours ago

Rule of thumb:

  • are you making fun or otherwise mocking someone?
  • are you doing it for any "bad reason" whatsoever?
  • are you doing something that is/was primarily done by others for "bad reasons", historically?
  • are you doing something that other groups started doing as a replacement for something else that they were not allowed to (that you are)?

I'm half asleep so I may have forgotten something but if I didn't, then answering No to all of those should be the minimum thing you do.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 hours ago

People love the genderbending of characters. Go nuts.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 hours ago

Why would it be? Here is me and my ex on Halloween 2020. I was Lydia, she was Beetlejuice.

https://i.imgur.com/16EKIWR.jpeg

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 hours ago

I think as long as you're not in blackface you can wear whatever the hell you want

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 hours ago

No, cosplayers do that all the time

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 hours ago
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 hours ago

Be whomever you want to be

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I dont think so, nor do I care. Black people dress up as white characters all the time, I consider it the same. Dressing up as a character means that character means something to you, so I dont see where anyone should be offended by it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

In case someone reading had a similar question but about race. Why do you care, do people of different races bother you?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I can't see a problem with fictional characters. It's when you bring in the real people that the drama starts. Trans JK Rowling, KaMANla Harris, Hillbilly Eilish, and Marjory Taylor Peen all seem like they would raise a few eyebrows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Ha, never heard or thought of trans Rowling but if I knew Harry Potter better I'd be damned tempted.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago

No, assuming the gender bend is respectful.