Awhile back, the Tokens did a strip about the lack of black characters to dress up as at cons. This is true, however, there are way more black dudes than big girls. I don’t necessarily mean 800 pound women should be super heroes, I just mean not all of them should wear a size 2 and vomit excessively.
The costumes are all either skimpy, or skin tight, and it is very hard to look decent in any of them. Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Cat Woman, Invisible Woman, Electra, all the X-Men ladies, Super Girl, Lara Croft, Bayonetta, Aeon Flux, and pretty much all anime girls have either painfully tight outfits, or teensy scraps of fabric strategically taped over certain body parts. Now, I like ogling women as much as the next girl, but I feel completely left out at conventions. My man can dress as almost anything, and I end up in jeans and a fan girl shirt. I can’t even be a storm trooper, because there’s no place to put my boobies or booty.
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