THE STORY Caitlyn Jenner Halloween Costume Ignites Twitter
Ah, the annual Halloween saga of someone thinking a costume is a great idea when it’s actually terrible in an offensive sort of way. It was only a matter of time before this year’s seriously what were you thinking moment happened. Social media users went all out on Monday when it was discovered that many Halloween retailers were selling a Caitlyn Jenner costume resembling her Vanity Fair cover (Source: CNN). Activists and critics are fighting out saying that the costume mocks the transgender community and promotes transphobia.
We want change!
As many upset people wanted to do something, a Change.org petition titled “Stop Exploiting Caitlyn Jenner With A Transphobic Costume” was launched. The petition targets popular Halloween retailer, Spirit Halloween. The petition already has 7,487 signs towards their goal of 7,500. Many signers have acknowledged the reasons why this costume is not ok but Spirit Halloween just doesn’t seem to understand.
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Spirit Halloween was not so convinced with this petition however. Spokesperson Lisa Barr said, “At Spirit Halloween we create a wide range of costumes that are often based on celebrities, public figures, heroes and superheroes. Caitlyn Jenner is all of the above and our Caitlyn-inspired costume reflects just that” (Source: CNN). Hmmm this seems like Public Relations Trump style…
Quote of the Day: “Curt’s Tweet was completely unacceptable”
If only one day someone in the spotlight would realize what one tweet is capable of doing. Former MLB starter, Curt Schilling, got a timeout for what he tweeted yesterday. While in timeout it was suggested that Schilling read this book on Digital Reputation. Schilling thought that tweeting a graphic comparing Adolf Hitler and the Nazi’s to Muslims was a great idea. It took a while for Schilling to apologize but he did come around and say that it was wrong. ESPN jumped in and said “Curt’s tweet was completely unacceptable, and in no way represents our company’s perspective. We made that point very strongly to Curt and have removed him from his current Little League assignment pending further consideration” (Source: CNN). The tweet has since been deleted, but as we know nothing goes away once it’s been posted online.
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