‘Trick-or-treat tips (Twix not included)’
1st November 2010
Lileks. ’nuff said.
The little kids are the best, of course. The tiny little ladybugs. The adorable little Spidermen. The parade of licensed Disney princesses. Aw! Look at you, all dressed up as a representation of a feudal system of government that was, in reality, nothing like the pastel-hued images of your movies, but a cruel, rigid regime of class immobility where princesses did not lead lives of enchantment and wonder, but were traded like pawns to gouty old men who viewed them as brood mares.
“Actually,” Dad shouts from the street, “She’s Barbie as Rapunzel, so there’s an entirely different sociopolitical narrative going on here.”