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15 Dark and Spooky Lady Led Musical Acts for Your Halloween Mood. Disney Men Dress As Pop-Culture Characters For Halloween. By Jill Pantozzi | 3:30 pm, October 31st, 2013 <span id="am-ngg-js-warning" ><p>Enable JavaScript to check out our fancy slideshow.

Disney Men Dress As Pop-Culture Characters For Halloween

</p></span><br class="clearfix" /><ol class="am-all-on-one-page"><li><span class="am-aoop-title"><span class="am-aoop-number">1. </span>Beast as The Hulk </span><a class="am-aoop-image " title="Click for larger image. " href=" src=" alt="Beast as The Hulk" /></a><span class="am-aoop-caption"></span></li><li><span class="am-aoop-title"><span class="am-aoop-number">2. </span>Prince Charming, Prince Eric, and Prince Florian as Sam, Castiel, and Dean </span><a class="am-aoop-image " title="Click for larger image.

" href=" src=" alt="Prince Charming, Prince Eric, and Prince Florian as Sam, Castiel, and Dean" /></a><span class="am-aoop-caption"></span></li><li><span class="am-aoop-title"><span class="am-aoop-number">3. [View All on One Page] 10 Easy And Cool Halloween Costume Ideas From Your Closet. 10 Cool Last Minute Halloween Costumes You Can Create From Your Closet Monday, October 28, 2013 Ashley Reese So, uh, Halloween is this week, everyone.

10 Easy And Cool Halloween Costume Ideas From Your Closet

Hopefully, most of you know what you’re going to dress up as. But more importantly, hopefully most of you are going to dress up period. But some of you probably are either indecisive about what to get or don’t want to spend much money on a costume that you’ll only wear once. Back to GalleryView All Lydia From Beetlejuice Lydia From Beetlejuice I love Lydia's look! Cher And Dionne From Clueless. 10 Makeup Tutorials To Use For A Last-Minute Halloween Costume.

A New Children's Book Explains What "Witch" Really Means. Thinking about being a witch for Halloween?

A New Children's Book Explains What "Witch" Really Means

Consider forgoing the warts and pointy hat for a more historically accurate costume—like dressing up as Joan of Arc and Anne Boleyn. Throughout the ages, women who transgressed societal norms have been named witches and faced punishments like imprisonment and death. Author and artist Lisa Graves tells their misunderstood stories in History’s Witches, a engaging 32-page book for kids released by Xist Publishing last month. The book uses an engaging, illustrated infographic style to draw readers in. Graves also runs site History Witch, which updates frequently with the tales of both famous and little-known witches in history, complete with their own illustrations. History's Witches pairs very simple biographies of women who were persecuted for their decisions with the eye-popping illustrations, challenging the idea of what it means to be a witch that kids pick up from from pop culture. Want the best of Bitch in your inbox?

15 Spooky, Fun, Easy Halloween Nail Art Tutorial Videos. What To Do When You Are Too Old To Go Trick-Or-Treating. 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Stopped Trick-Or-Treating Wednesday, October 23, 2013 Ashley Reese I stopped trick-or-treating in my senior year of high school.

What To Do When You Are Too Old To Go Trick-Or-Treating

I always liked it, but even then I only went to a few houses because I was a little self conscious about people commenting on how old I was to be trick or treating. Don't Mess Up When You Dress Up: Cultural Appropriation and Costumes. I don't think the author was suggesting that ALL white people think that Dia de los Muertos is "Mexican Halloween," but a large number do.

Don't Mess Up When You Dress Up: Cultural Appropriation and Costumes

Not everyone grew up in L.A. surrounded by first- and second-generation Mexican and Central American friends, like you did. But I think it's really, really important to keep this in mind: 20 Feminist Halloween Costumes. Ironic that your idea of a feminism-friendly "empowering" female character is "acts exactly like the idealized male hero would".

20 Feminist Halloween Costumes

The idea that feelings are a "weakness" and crying is for wimps, is a seriously damaging idea that has its roots in a deeply sexist set of ideals. Ideals in which a person can only be "admirable" by basically being what amounts to the masculine stereotype - that of a ridiculously stoic person who never ever has strong emotions that aren't say, rage or amusement. Sadness, pain, worry - omg, the cooties! By buying into the idea that a hero can't be a "hero" if he or she cries a couple of times when under stress, you are buying into the idea that not only are the old gender-segregated ideas of "appropriate behavior" a good thing (as opposed to oppressively and arbitrarily restricting individual rights and freedoms and causing unnecessary anxiety to those who don't fit the "ideal" of their gender), but also, that the better ideal is the masculine one!

Stellar Four: Get Your Welcome to Night Vale Pumpkin Carving Patterns Here. By Sara N.

Stellar Four: Get Your Welcome to Night Vale Pumpkin Carving Patterns Here

Nobody does clever/spooky/funny like Welcome to Night Vale, the coolest podcast to hit the Internet since, well, ever. And this Halloween, you can put a little Night Vale charm on your front porch with our exclusive Welcome to Night Vale pumpkin carving patterns. Read on to download the pumpkin stencil templates and to get carving instructions. Pattern 1: Pattern 2: Friday Playlist: Black Magic Sorceress.

This Dude’s Dressing Up As Disneyland for Halloween. Yes, The Whole Park. Disney Characters Dressed Up For Halloween Fanart. 12 Funny, Creative DIY Meme Costumes For Halloween. 12 Funny and Amazing DIY Meme Costumes For Halloween Friday, October 25, 2013 Jessica Booth Guys, Halloween is less than a week away!

12 Funny, Creative DIY Meme Costumes For Halloween

I’m so excited and I already have a costume all picked out (I’m being Cher from Clueless and getting totally ’90s). For those of you who have yet to come up with an idea, time is running out. But don’t worry: you can still make your own awesome DIY costume and this post right here should give you some ideas. Hair and Makeup for Rosie the Riveter Costume! 12 Sexy Halloween Costumes Based On Powerful, Influential Women. 12 Super Sexy Halloween Costumes Wednesday, October 9, 2013 Caitlin Corsetti Halloween is one of the best holidays because you get to be someone or something else for a night!

12 Sexy Halloween Costumes Based On Powerful, Influential Women

You can be a Disney character, an animal, a celebrity. There are so many options! 12 Sexy Halloween Costumes Based On Powerful, Influential Women. 12 Super Sexy Halloween Costumes Wednesday, October 9, 2013 Caitlin Corsetti Halloween is one of the best holidays because you get to be someone or something else for a night!

12 Sexy Halloween Costumes Based On Powerful, Influential Women

You can be a Disney character, an animal, a celebrity. There are so many options! Jack's Scream. Annie Hall. Crazy, Interesting Facts About Old Classic Halloween Movies. Thursday, October 3, 2013 Jessica Booth It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown After Linus writes his letter to The Great Pumpkin, he walks into the living room, where Lucy is reading a TV Guide. The picture on the cover of the magazine is actually Lucy. After the movie originally aired, children all over the country felt so bad for Charlie Brown that they sent him tons of candy. Is that not the cutest thing you’ve ever heard?

The scene between Snoopy and Schroeder was cut out of the movie when it originally aired. The actress who played Sally, Kathy Steinberg, got a loose tooth in the middle of filming lines for the movie. Crazy, Interesting Facts About Old Classic Halloween Movies. Thursday, October 3, 2013 Jessica Booth Scream In case you’ve never seen Scream, Drew Barrymore spends the first 15 minutes of the movie crying and looking absolutely terrified. In order to keep her that way, director Wes Craven kept telling her stories about animal cruelty. Drew is a serious animal lover and this was enough to keep her upset. Wes Craven came up with the idea of using the Ghost Face mask while looking for film locations in California – it was hanging on a wall.

Drew Barrymore was originally set to play the main character, Sidney Prescott. Also offered the role of Sidney before Neve Campbell snatched it up? The Ghost Face killer was actually based off a real serial killer from Florida called the Gainseville Ripper. Fans of Scream might have noticed this, but the Jiffy Pop in the first scene acts as a clock. Scream was originally supposed to be called Scary Movie.

Crazy, Interesting Facts About Old Classic Halloween Movies. Thursday, October 3, 2013 Jessica Booth The Nightmare Before Christmas Tim Burton has said that the decorations in stores is what inspired the poem in the movie. He was inspired after watching Halloween decorations being taken down, only to be replaced with Christmas decorations. Makes so much sense! The Nightmare Before Christmas was originally supposed to be a Walt Disney film, signifying the next generation of Disney movies. The movie took three full years to complete, with about 100 people working on it.

In 2001, Disney wanted to create a sequel to the successful movie. 10 Thoughts You'll Have When Picking A Halloween Costume In GIFs. Crazy, Interesting Facts About Old Classic Halloween Movies. Thursday, October 3, 2013 Jessica Booth Casper Despite being completely amazing, Casper was actually a box-office disappointment when it was released, which is why there was never a live-action sequel.

There was supposed to be, but because of that reason and also because Christina Ricci and Bill Pullman were attached to other projects, there wasn’t. Ah, well, I guess it’s better that way. The three annoying ghosts in the movie were actually supposed to have a big musical scene that ended up getting cut because of cost, which was a few million dollars. Remember that scene where Casper pulled Christina Ricci’s character out the window and to the lighthouse?

This is actually the second movie where Christina Ricci and Devon Sawa played lovers (ugh, hate that word). Crazy, Interesting Facts About Old Classic Halloween Movies. Thursday, October 3, 2013 Jessica Booth Hocus Pocus There’s a myth that the poem Sarah Sanderson sings in the movie is actually a shorter version of an Edgar Allen Poe poem. However, no one has ever been able to confirm that his poem exists… and it doesn’t even seem like something he would write. The poem Sarah sang was actually written for the movie. Leonardo DiCaprio was originally supposed to play the role of Max, but he ended up turning it down for his role in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Rosie O’Donnell was originally supposed to play Mary Sanderson, but turned down the role because she didn’t want to be a “scary witch.” 10 Cute, Easy, Fun, Spooky DIY Painted Pumpkin Ideas. 10 Cute, Spooky and Fun DIY Painted Pumpkin Ideas. 8 Easy DIY No Sew Halloween Costume Tutorials From YouTube.

We all want our Halloween costumes to be as unique as possible, but this can be pretty tough when every tutorial we find requires a sewing. I don’t know about you, but while I have really basic sewing skills (and I mean basic), I’d rather not sew something unless I really need to. Some scissors, a hot glue gun and some ingenuity are my preferred DIY tools. So if you’re like me and you want to create some easy DIY costumes or costume accessories without spending a lot of money on them or finding a “how to sew” tutorial first, check out these 8 tutorial videos from vloggers who have some no sew tricks of the trade! ThreadBanger – Cleopatra Costume. 10 Hallowe’en Costume Ideas for Every Nerd-Girl. Hallowe’en is every good nerd-girl’s favourite holiday. It’s the perfect excuse to cosplay without a con, and – even better!

– no one is going to look at you weird when you show up at a party wearing animatronic cat ears. Obviously we all want to do proper homage to our favourite superheroines and sci-fi stars; however, not all of us have been blessed with Sarah Connor’s arms, Starbuck’s abs, or Power Girl’s power girls. Halloween TV Episodes to Watch While You Gobble Candy Corn.

What do you do after you've gone out and collected all the candy you can cram in your face? Watch TV! Halloween Episodes From Old TV Shows 1990s, 1980s, 2000s Television. It’s no secret that Halloween is my favorite holiday ever, so obviously I love the special Halloween episodes from my must-watch TV shows. I don’t know if it’s the decorations all over the sets, the spooky/funny tales that are told or the awesome costumes, but these holiday episodes always seem like so much more fun than regular episodes. And while I love all of the recent Halloween episodes (um, Pretty Little Liars was amazing), I love the spooky eps of old-school TV shows even more. Best Halloween Songs, Old Scary Music, Theme Songs, Creepy Music. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays of all time… and not just because it also happens to be my birthday.

I love carving pumpkins, dressing up in a crazy costume, the free candy (obviously) and just the overall spooky feeling of October 31. Halloween Songs That Are Actually Scary: 5 Freaky Halloween Songs. Halloween Costume, Homemade, How To Make A Halloween Costume. 10 Super Cool Last Minute Halloween Costumes.