Carnival Nudity

I don't even know where to start on this one. In Scandinavia, Carnival (in lack of a better word) is an opportunity to turn back time, be a kid again and play dress up, and get super creative with our costumes right? Right? Yeah, not so much. Instead it has become an endless showcase of outfits better suited for the Red Light District (and never any good ones). We all know the classics: Playboy Bunny, Sexy Devil, Sexy Cop, Sexy Prisoner, Sexy Fairy, Sexy Nurse etc. Once upon a time we had other options: Werewolf, Vampire, Zombie, but thanks to TV and film those are now sexy by default, so scratch them off the list. I'm still waiting for some bald chick to arrive as "Sexy Voldemort" to my next party, petting her boyfriend's horcrux (which they oh so cleverly dubbed "whorecux") snake in front of everyone. Point: find what you want to dress up as and sexify it, because Carnival (and later in the year Halloween), are the day(s) girls get to dress up in dental floss ("I'm a Sexy Mummy!") and for some reason no one gets to say a word about it. Now, anyone who knows me will also know that I don't object to skimpy outfits, having worn them on one or two occasions, so that's not what this rant is going to be about!

As "Mean Girls" taught us..

*PLOT TWIST*


My issue is WHY anyone feels they need an excuse to wear whatever they want? If you want to wear clothing better suited for a Chihuahua, why should anyone have a say in it, and why should it be limited to two days a year? Why don't we get the exhibitionist side of our personality out the other weekends of the year, so that on these wonderfully festive days we can get really creative and be something fun, and have the three brave people dressed as the human centipede (yeah, the one from that movie) be the winner of best costume, instead of the girl dressed as "Sexy Mrs. Doubtfire" (although making that look sexy probably deserves 2nd place!).

Halloween: you're doing it right!

Knowing that this year will be the same as last year and the year before that, and the year before that, and the year.. I might just stay at home, but tag myself in random empty spots in photos, claiming that I'm there dressed as Kevin Bacon in Hollow Man.


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Yours,