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If your outfit makes fun of a marginalized group of people, it's definitely a no-no. Take this "tranny granny" costume, for example. It got pulled from Walmart shelves after consumers pointed out that not only does it make a joke out of transgender women, it also uses a transphobic slur right in the name.
The decision to overturn the longstanding right to an abortion made access to abortion care and health care services even harder for millions of Americans, especially those from marginialised communities. Back in 2011, actor Colton Haynes was a widely unknown up-and-comer in Hollywood, taking small bit parts in TV shows no one's heard of since. And that's when he decided to do blackface on Halloween. A trans person's gender identity and their appearance should never be the subject of a Halloween costume.
It's 2020. Offensive costumes have NO place in Halloween.
A lot has happened this year to inspire some most excellent costume ideas. Pop culture Halloween costumes relevant to 2022 include the TikTok-famous Corn Kid, Stranger Things’Eddie Munson and even couples’ costumes like the late and great Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian. May their short-term relationship rest in peace.
Stars like Julianne Hough, Heidi Klum and Luann de Lesseps have come under fire for their controversial and offensive Halloween costumes. Look, I get the urge to go as an anti-vaxxer, I really do. But maybe don't joke about things that have caused death.
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This falls under the same heading as making light of tragedies. While we're at it, let's cross people like Hitler, Putin or anything that involves the Confederate Flag off the list too. Popeye’s controversial, temporary chicken sandwich sparked the debate of the year in Twitter. Now that it’s gone, you can make it your task to revive the Popeye’s famous chicken sandwich this Halloween and get people into the whole Popeye’s vs Chick-fil-A debate again.
Resist the urge to dress up in a medical hazard suit, anything resembling a virus or as a victim of the virus itself. Specific get-ups that reference the pandemic in particular, not so much. The following 10 controversial Halloween costume ideas will definitely help you plan ahead for Halloween and come up with the most original and WTF, yet funny costumes ever, according toMandatory. A zombie version of a recently deceased celebrity might be the worst thing you can dress up as.
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Blackface is never necessary to be "true" to a costume, either. If you really love a character that happens to be of a different ethnic background as you, it's totally OK to dress as them — no face paint necessary. Trust me, Princess Tiana's gorgeous green dress, gloves, and tiara will be recognizable without any blackface.
Hough blamed the controversial makeup and costume blunder on a case of fandom gone wrong. It’s easy for anyone to put on a mask, purchase a fake syringe or medical gloves and call themselves “Monkeypox” for Halloween. But doing so would make light of the monkeypox virus, of which there have been nearly 57,000 confirmed cases across the world in 2022 so far. The same goes for dressing up as the Covid-19 virus. The coronavirus pandemic killed millions of people, and continues to seriously affect those who are unvaccinated.
Julianne Hough as Crazy Eyes
And it’s not just costumes that have the potential to be problematic. This week Bed Bath & Beyond came under fire for selling a black jack-o’-lantern, which some say resembled blackface; the retailer has since pulled the item and issued an apology. Heidi Klum goes all out for Halloween, but the Hindu community was offended when she showed up to her 2008 costume party as the goddess Kali. Instead of picking up a Pocahontas costume this Halloween, Reynoso suggests investing in Native designers to make a real difference. If you really, really must do an Old West-themed costume, there's always the option of being a cowboy .
When you're picking out your Halloween costume for 2021, last-minute or otherwise, here are some things you should make sure to avoid. In 2005, just two weeks before Holocaust Memorial Day, Prince Harry was photographed at a friend's "colonials and natives"-themed costume party dressed as a Nazi. Another year, another pandemic, and another opportunity for politically incorrect Halloween costumes. We’ve talked about going out as COVID-19 for Halloween once before and we’ll reiterate — it wasn’t funny then, and it never will be.
"It was a poor choice of costume, and I apologize." Last year, Ebola costumes were branded the most "viral" of the Halloween season. "I am a huge fan of the show Orange is the New black, actress Uzo Aduba, and the character she has created," Hough wrote in a series of tweets. "It certainly was never my intention to be disrespectful or demeaning to anyone in any way." "We reserve our right to freedom of speech and expression and will not be removing this costume for any reason whatsoever," reads a notice underneath the costume description. Costumeish.com is offering a "Lion Killer Dentist Halloween Costume" featuring a severed lion's head, a smock and gloves with fake blood splatter for $139.99.
For decades, dressing up as a "hobo" was considered a harmless outfit. But in the U.S. alone, thousands of people are without safe and accessible shelter every day. It's a lived reality for many, not a cute outfit idea. Unless you're a total ghoul, you probably also get at least a little bit excited about Halloween. Dressing up in elaborate Halloween costumes, eating a truly ill-advised amount of candy, carving a pumpkin and then praying the squirrels don't eat it before the trick-or-treaters come — what's not to like? But as we all start mood-boarding our Halloween outfits, parties and general revelry, consider this your evergreen reminder to make sure the tribute you've got in mind won't rain on anyone else's parade.
Deryck Whibley and his girlfriend Ari Cooper started trouble when they dressed as Whibley's ex-wife Avril Lavigne and Lavigne's then-fiance, Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger in 2012. Kroeger shot back at Whibley on the Nickelback Twitter account, writing, "Hey Deryck loved the costumes! We were going to dress up as you guys this year but all the parties had celebrity themes haha! -CK." Ouch. No stranger to controversy, Chris Brown dressed as a terrorist, wearing a turban and fake assault rifle, to Rihanna's Halloween party in October 2012.
The men’s sports jacket is currently sold out, while the price of the minidress has been slashed. In 2012, Brown attended Rihanna’s Halloween party dressed as what appeared to be a terrorist. The internet was furious, but the singer never apologized.
Offensive costumes have NO place in Halloween. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for nonstop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed, every day. After a Halloween-themed March 2021 episode of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” in which Moore wore a Native American headdress, both she and Bravo apologized. This could have been a pretty awesome zombie costume but was totally ruined by the guy’s need to be edgy. This ensemble was actually marketed as an Anne Frank costume before the public uproar made its sellers rename it as “WWII Refugee”. Thankfully, this year’s most-talked-about costume was pulled from the store selling it, but we bet we’restillgoing to see a few girls in this ill-thought-out costume.
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