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This Halloween, Dress Up Like A Smart, Confident, Well-Read, Politically Aware, Ambitious Woman
The chatbox beeped.
He: Hey, I want to wear the scariest costume ever this Halloween. Give me some ideas.
Me: Dress up like a smart, confident, well-read, politically aware, ambitious woman. In a male dominated world, everybody is scared of them.
He: Come on! Seriously, man. Please give me some really good ideas…
Me: I am serious! But I am not sure how to LOOK like a smart, confident, well-read, politically aware, ambitious woman. I mean, of course, I can give you some ideas. But that would be stereotyping.
He: Man…
Me: Actually, even if you do make ups and look like a Vampire, it would be stereotyping Vampires… What if there were Vampires who do not look like the way we know Vampires?
He: OK… You have to kill the fun out of everything… Bye.
Me: No no. Listen. Trust me, a “smart, confident, well-read, politically aware, ambitious woman” would be the scariest of all… And they are real too, unlike Vampires and Zombies… All you have to do is wear a woman’s costume and act smart, confident, well-read, and bla bla bla…
He: Fuck you…
Me: Sorry. I had forgotten that you CAN’T ACT smart and confident, well-read and politically aware… You have to be that way… Ok, let me come up with another idea…
But before I could come up with another idea, he blocked me.