Lets talk about... costumes!

Going to Comic Cons are great! They truly are. You get to find hidden gems when it comes to comic books, buy pieces of artwork in the Artist Alley, and dress up like one of your favorite superheroes, Jedi or Doctor (basically anything your want to dress up as that’s the best part). But how come when a woman wants to dress up in a costume, there cannot be any flaws to her physique and she has to look perfect? It’s like a costume on a woman’s body cannot have a single flaw or slight imperfection on it what so ever. Something that I cannot stand in this geek culture is how no matter how hard a girl/woman tries to be geeky there is someone who is going to put them down. It is almost impossible for a woman wearing lets say a Wonder Woman outfit to not be overly critiques or creepy stared at by boys, EW.  And wearing these costumes apparently give men (not all men just the ones who are a tad pervy) this idea that it is okay to touch us in inappropriate places, like can you not?  let’s think about costumes for a second: so if we were to think of a man (lets go with superman for this one) we see him fully covered in his uniform and completely protected, now going to one of his family members, Powergirl, she has all the same powers as superman but why is she dressed in a fashion that makes no sense? Fun fact of the day is that the artist for Power girl was so upset about not being taking seriously he decided to draw power girl’s breast bigger and bigger until someone noticed. So not only are her breast some level that could never be reached by women, but it furthers the idea about woman having to look and be perfect. Women are more than this idea of being 0% fat and 100% lean mean fighting machine. When woman go to comic cons and meet ups there are always the possibility of being under the eyes of men and always feeling like they are watching you. Women should not have to be subjected to this type of ideology. I want to do what I love and that is to dress in kick ass costumes and pretend to be that character, not for you to be all up in my business trying to touch me. We live in a culture that makes it seem like woman are up for the display of men and lets be real we are not! It is time for us to start the change in the system to show that we are more than just costumes, we are women who like nerdy things and we should let a few men get in the way of what we like most. I know that this does not happen in all occasions because there has been a long evolution to show that girls can be geeks too!So let’s all be respectful and responsible people and enjoy all things geeky together!