Coda

Posted on Friday, August 26th, 2011, at 1:11 pm

Take a look at the images from Cosplay for a Cause gallery. There’s some great creativity and talent in these costumes, of course, but there’s also a lot of cleavage and hourglass figures. Don’t think that I object to cleavage and hourglass figures, because I don’t. I just wonder about expectations.

What do you think? Do these images set unrealistic expectations for women who want to cosplay themselves? For how women in the “geek community” should look if they want to be taken seriously by others, especially men?

Or am I over-thinking this?

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One Response to “Coda”

1. Don says:

   September 29, 2011 at 10:06

   Professional models in professionally-made costumes. If I were into cosplay this would only tell me the interest had already jumped the shark into being a marketing tool.

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