Posted in Feminist Halloween, Uncategorized, tagged Halloween, Halloween movie, horror films on 2016/10/27| Leave a Comment »
Image: poster for John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978). A hand holds a knife with the same curve as the sections of the pumpkin on a jack-o-lantern. Text: “The night HE came home!”
Or, a Halloween veteran (me) watches Halloween again with someone who has never seen Halloween (my partner).
Posted in Feminist Halloween, Gender, tagged genderqueer, ghost, Ghost Adventures, Halloween, nonbinary on 2016/10/13| Leave a Comment »
One of my very favorite vines/tumblr posts of all times is an unintentionally hilarious clip of Ghost Adventures with a ghost who refuses to play by the gender binary.
Image: a small green light with the caption “beeping”
Investigator: [loudly & clearly] –you a male or a female spirit? Once for a male, twice for a female.
Posted in Feminist Halloween, Music, tagged Halloween on 2015/10/31| Leave a Comment »
We made it! 31 days of spoopy feminist Halloween fun: horror media recommendations, cultural criticism, and great comments and recommendations from you!
Just for fun, have some terrifying audio illusions, or, as I like to call it, “Death Stomp Underwater Hell (Midi).”
Posted in Feminist Halloween, tagged costumes, Halloween, Take Back Halloween on 2015/10/22| Leave a Comment »
Every year I do a quick post on Take Back Halloween, a feminist site dedicated to providing costume ideas and designs for girls and women. The costumes, typically of historical figures (“notable women”), goddesses, movie stars, and queens, span different cultures, time periods, sexualities, and shapes. What you won’t find: Sexy Nurse, Sexy Witch, Sexy Pirate. What you will find: LaSiren, Mercy Otis Warren, and Madhubala.
Posted in Geek Culture, Gender, Halloween, Race, Visual Culture, tagged costume, female ghosts, feminism, Gender, Halloween, horror films, horror literature, Podcastle, Psuedopod, racism, sexism, sexy Halloween costumes, Take Back Halloween, The Yellow Wallpaper, We're a Culture Not a Costume on 2013/10/24| 7 Comments »
Halloween! Let’s celebrate my favorite holiday with a (mostly positive) gender reader!
Source: Wikipedia.
Posted in Consumer Culture, Halloween, Kanazawa, tagged ラブリーハロウィーン, gifts, Halloween, Halloween in Japan, Lovely Halloween, Pocky, romance, shopping, Valentine's Day on 2012/11/05| 5 Comments »
Would you ever wish someone a “lovely Halloween”? I kept seeing this phrase pop up in Halloween goods this year along with the more standard “Happy Halloween.” I think “lovely Halloween” may go the way of “heartful” (ハートフル), which is wasei Eigo (Japanese-created “English”) used to mean heart-warming, warm-hearted, or caring.*
Posted in Halloween, Media, tagged Britain, costumes, film, free, Halloween, Halloween in Japan, history, horror, horror stories, links, podcast, Podcastle, Pseudopod, scary stories, trick or treat on 2012/10/31| Leave a Comment »
Happy Halloween, everyone! Here are a variety of links from across the web to get you in the holiday spirit!
Posted in Consumer Culture, Expat Living, Halloween, Visual Culture, tagged decorating, decoration, Halloween, Halloween in Japan, japan, Kanazawa, pumpkin on 2012/10/31| Leave a Comment »
What have we learned about Halloween in Japan this year?
Kanazawa Forus
Although Halloween seems to be mainly marketed through food in the broader consumer world, Halloween decorations in retailers and for home use seem to be growing in popularity and availability.
Posted in Consumer Culture, Halloween, Visual Culture, tagged donuts, Doughnut Plant, doughnuts, food, food culture, Halloween, japan, Mister Donut on 2012/10/19| Leave a Comment »
So far, all my Halloween stuff has been food this year. I’m planning a non-food post exclusive to The Lobster Dance soon, and I’d like to add your photos to it! If you have any interesting Halloween-in-Japan photos, particularly pictures of consumer goods and decorations, please comment or contact me at odorunara[at]gmail[dot]com.
On to the post:
I distinctly remember saying last year that I wished that Mister Donut would get a pumpkin-flavored doughnut, and this year, my wish came true!
Posted in Consumer Culture, Expat Living, Gender, Halloween, tagged candy, costumes, food, Gender, Halloween, Kit Kats, pumpkin on 2012/10/10| 2 Comments »
Last year, Kit Kat introduced special pumpkin cheesecake flavor for Halloween. Although I liked it quite a bit, I was a little confused as to why the package described pumpkin cheesecake as a “traditional Halloween food.” This year, Kit Kat opted for a new limited-time Halloween flavor, Pumpkin Pudding (パンプキンプリン).
Let’s compare:
2011:
2012:
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