Kmart removes "beyond inappropriate" costume after backlash

[fly girl]

Well, here is this years offensive costume . . . I guess. Do not understand why this one created an uproar. I personally don't see the correlation people made with it, and why it garnered a removal from shelves and an apology by Kmart. My daughter had a play Doug & Melissa bride costume she specifically asked for when she was 5 years old. She loved it, along with her other pretend play costumes, and I saw nothing wrong with it.

Your thoughts?

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[momto2girls]

The world has gone crazy.

 

[fla4fun]

Hmmm . . . While I agree with the points the person was making regarding child brides and child abuse, I would not have linked that to the Halloween costume. When I was a child I played dress up, and I liked emulating adults when it came to Halloween costumes. I can remember many makeshift bride outfits and would have loved having a costume like that. I guarantee if I had been a child when Prince Charles and Lady Diana married, I would have wanted to dress up like her as a bride for Halloween. I think it’s ok to find the one thing to be quite heinous, but not the other. But I respect her taking action when she believed that strongly about the issue. Whether or not such a campaign is successful, it does get people thinking and talking about things in the world that do need to be stopped.

 

[Klayfish]

In a country where everyone is "offended" by everything, this comes as no shock.

 

[DuskKodesh]

I was more shocked there's still somewhere with a Kmart, honestly.

 

[gwynne]

That's ridiculous. Children enjoy playing dress up as well as choosing Halloween costumes.
If an adult is totally triggered by anything to do with marriage, that's kinda their problem.

 

[fly girl]

In a country where everyone is "offended" by everything, this comes as no shock.

You're right. You're right.

I understood why some people didn't like distasteful costumes in the past. (example: "fat girl" costume) But this one had me rolling my eyes saying someone is again looking to be outraged.

 

[AustinMommyofThree]

In a country where everyone is "offended" by everything, this comes as no shock.

You know it happened in Australia, right?

 

[fly girl]

You know it happened in Australia, right?

I think with social media, most first world countries can be included in this. And I wouldn't be surprised if this happened in the states either.

 

[1GoldenSun]

Child marriage is a terrible thing but I don't see anything wrong with a child dressing up as a bride.

The Halloween costumes I dislike are the "slutty" or sexy ones where the female version of the costume is short and skimpy and revealing. Slutty pirate, sexy schoolgirl, slutty cop. etc. But I think a lot of women prefer to look as attractive as possible when they dress up in costume rather than just looking kooky or outlandish. And it certainly doesn't offend me.

I think problems occur when people get "offended" when they personally dislike something, and then because they're offended they think everyone else should be as well.

 

[soccerdad72]

And I wouldn't be surprised if this happened in the states either.

I would, if only for the reason given upthread - Kmarts barely exist in the US anymore.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

People have forgotten that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

 

[fly girl]

Hmmm . . . While I agree with the points the person was making regarding child brides and child abuse, I would not have linked that to the Halloween costume. When I was a child I played dress up, and I liked emulating adults when it came to Halloween costumes. I can remember many makeshift bride outfits and would have loved having a costume like that. I guarantee if I had been a child when Prince Charles and Lady Diana married, I would have wanted to dress up like her as a bride for Halloween. I think it’s ok to find the one thing to be quite heinous, but not the other. But I respect her taking action when she believed that strongly about the issue. Whether or not such a campaign is successful, it does get people thinking and talking about things in the world that do need to be stopped.

Like you, I don't see any correlation with that and a costume. In the same token is having my child dress as a pirate condoning being a thief? (and btw, she was a pirate one year and it was my favorite costume she ever had)

Oh, since Diana had a long train, the pillowcase didn't suffice. We used blankets to pretend play Princess Di.

Do you think she really felt that strong, finding correlation in a costume? Or was she attempting to create outrage where one really didn't exist? I have been taught with my previous career about looking for the signs for human trafficking. Not once did a child's costume exist as a warning sign. I just think she was reaching. YMMV.

 

[soccerdad72]

Add 'blackface' pumpkins to the list of things removed from sale (Bed, Bath & Beyond, in this case)...

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/bed-bath-beyond-reportedly-pulls-190927432.html

 

[fly girl]

I would, if only for the reason given upthread - Kmarts barely exist in the US anymore.

It would've been Walmart here.

But I do have a Kmart not too far from me. I should go in just to see if they have that costume!

 

[DuskKodesh]

Add 'blackface' pumpkins to the list of things removed from sale (Bed, Bath & Beyond, in this case)...

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/bed-bath-beyond-reportedly-pulls-190927432.html

Me:

 

[L&Lfan]

In truth, I think it actually looks like a First Holy Communion outfit.

There are black and white varieties of real pumpkins. I think the black jack o’lanterns look neat.

Our KMART (Atlantic County NJ) is having a closing sale right now. They’ll be gone before Christmas.

 

[ashley0139]

In a country where everyone is "offended" by everything, this comes as no shock.

So, Australia?

 

[wvjules]

Is a petition of 250 people a "backlash"?

 

[Disneefun]

Well, dangit, what's a kid who wants to go as the Bride of Frankenstein to do now?