cosplay
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Disney Now Sells a Line of Wheelchair Covers and Adaptive Costumes for Kids
For years, makers, charities, and non-profits like Magic Wheelchair have been making holidays, conventions, and Halloween more inclusive by creating elaborate rolling costumes for fans who use wheelchairs. Disney is now following suit with kits that make it even easier to turn wheelchairs into fantasy rides, with matching costumes for children who use adaptive devices.
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Watch David Tennant and Jodie Whittaker Judge a Doctor Who Cosplay Contest
Only one catch: the cosplays were made in a day, with only household items. I guess that’s two catches.
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Cosplay Is A Business And It Is Suffering
Yaya Han was supposed to be on tour right now. Instead of signing copies of books and posing for pictures with fans, the cosplayer is at home prepping her next shipment of washable masks to help people prevent the spread of covid-19.
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The Decade Fandom Went Corporate
In the last twenty years, fandom and mass culture have basically merged. Fans and fandom spent the 2000s fighting for legitimacy and proving their combined worth. And corporations? Well, they spent the 2010s learning how to co-opt fandom to silence critics, manipulate press, and make even more money.