Halloween

‘Who is frightened by our laughter?’: Young Chinese use Halloween costumes to protest the government at massive celebration in Shanghai

‘I can feel the alliance, the unspoken bitterness, the hopelessness, and the anger.’

On Nov 2, 2023 by Leqi Zhong

‘I was told by 2 managers that it was OK’: Subway worker gets sent home after showing up as Domino’s worker for Halloween

‘I was a Dunkin’ employee at Starbucks.’

On Nov 3, 2022 by Braden Bjella

‘Doing the lord’s work’: TikToker’s takedown of white guy wearing dreadlock wig goes viral

‘Thank you for your service.’

On Nov 15, 2021 by Kahron Spearman

‘That poor child trying to adult her father’: Trick-or-treater’s dad forces her to take tons of candy from free-for-all bowl

‘It’s like shock, disappointment, then anger.’

On Nov 2, 2021 by Braden Bjella

‘Doing Blackface yourself as a way to mock him is still racist’: Man wearing ‘Trudeau black face’ costume sparks outrage on TikTok

‘Black face is NEVER okay..’

On Nov 1, 2021 by Clara Wang

‘Since when is Black hair a costume?’: TikToker puts Spirit Halloween on blast for for culturally appropriative costumes

‘Do better.’

On Oct 19, 2021 by Clara Wang

Viral TikTok shows white Baptist church member dressing up as ‘Muslim’ for Halloween festival

‘My culture, race, ethnicity, and religion is not a Halloween costume’

On Oct 11, 2021 by Clara Wang

‘Take it off!’: Crowd forces women to remove KKK costumes

The women, who are reportedly Latina, wore KKK hoods with the blood drop cross.

On Nov 6, 2019 by Samira Sadeque

College students facing backlash for dressing up as various homeless individuals

The Halloween costumes depict a homeless immigrant and a homeless veteran with prostate cancer.

On Nov 2, 2019 by Samira Sadeque

Ariana Grande’s ‘Twilight Zone’ Halloween costume is freaking people out

Piggy Smallz?

On Oct 31, 2019 by Audra Schroeder

Billie Eilish responds to celebrities dressing up as her for Halloween

From Nina Dobrev to Jameela Jamil, Billie Eilish seems to be the go-to celeb costume of the year.

On Oct 28, 2019 by Tiffanie Drayton

Artist resigns after depicting children in nooses for Halloween decorations

The brown paper dolls looked like racist caricatures.

On Oct 28, 2019 by Samira Sadeque

Someone turned the ‘woman yelling at a cat’ meme into their Halloween costume 

From ‘Imma head out’ and Area 51 to ‘and I oop’ and Corn Pop, memes are dominating Halloween costumes this year.

On Oct 27, 2019 by Alexandra Samuels

Ted Cruz leans into Zodiac Killer theory for Halloween

Did he just kill the meme?

On Oct 31, 2018 by Kris Seavers

Father dressed as Nazi says his 5-year-old son was threatened for wearing Hitler costume

‘Yes, liberalism is alive and well.’

On Oct 26, 2018 by Kris Seavers