let me see if got this straight: youre telling me that the cosplay community as a collective wants to control how people sexualize them…which you see as a problem because the reason (“its art”) isnt a valid reason to do that, to you? do i have that right
I can understand and even agree with the sentiment, but disagree from where it is coming from.
That shit has nothing to do with the cosplay community.
It happened at the same time everywhere.
Cosplay, videogames, hell, even atheism.
Do you remember atheism+?
Yeah is the same shit.
All communities were highjacked by those hypersensitive individuals that want to dictate and police how everyone behaves and think.
This discussion started to pop up everywhere around 2007.
Dunno why you are selectively trying to pinpoint it on the cosplay community and generalize the whole bunch as if all of them agree with this.
News flash, they also think it stinks, since they now have people trying to police what they do, what they can and can not cosplay, if is offensive, if is this or that.
I have friends that were harrased by those hypersensitive imbeciles because they put the work to go to the gym and get ripped and have abs so they could make a good Attack on Titan Mikasa and co cosplay.
They were policed because they were in shape, attractive and i dare to say being sexy.
Which btw, they dont post behind a paywalls, but do so because they love cosplay, doing their own costumes, and love doing photoshots to share with all the other people who also share passion of it, or those who like anime and like seeing attractive girls do cossplay, whatever.
They do it because is a hobby they like to delve into while they study in college.
But hey, lets disregard them because some dumb individuals and thots do what dumb individuals and thots do
im not trying to twist your words though? thats how i understood what you said, we’re having this discussion so i can process what youre saying from your perspective
anyway i dont get what youre saying here either. what forces are directing you to see the picture a certain way? i certainly dont feel any pressure to recognize it one way or the other, and I also dont see why it isnt both the things you said at the same time