For some, scars aren't just Halloween costumes. One activist asks us to think twice before using them.
In recent years, people have been asking themselves if their Halloween costumes are culturally appropriative. But activist Phyllida Swift says there's one possibly appropriative element of Halloween costumes many people may not even think about — their makeup.
"For someone to don a scar for a night and say, 'Isn't this scary? I would never want to look like this.' They can take that off at the end of the night," Swift said."Someone with a facial difference is going to be living with that forever." Swift doesn't usually wear makeup. But she's inspired by others who embrace their scars and birthmarks — like adorning them with glitter.
"Traditionally, the idea of Halloween coming from the Christian and Celtic holidays, there's an element of the dead coming out of their graves," Cole said."So, if somebody goes to the trouble of dressing as a decomposing body, that's in the spirit of what the holiday was intended to be."
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