Halloween Co. Crushes Female Psyche One Costume At A Time
Halloween is around the corner. And with it comes an annual chance for normally conservative women to dress like sluts and local cougars to blend in a little better. This year 3Wishes.com adds to the old standards of slutty nurse, slutty catwoman, and slutty police officer with slutty eating disorder by introducing the “Anna Rexia” costume. We doubt they grasp the irony of stuffing a busty model into a costume that invokes anorexia nervosa much less the idea that this costume whips up more female body issues than every season of Baywatch combined. But they are an equal opportunity offender. The get up is available in a plus size just in case big-boned chicks want to get in on the screw-with-the-mentally-afflicted Halloween action.
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I also saw this on trashylingerie.com and they have a bunch more like it.
Do you think her waist has been photoshoped to be smaller? My guess is yes. I don’t think proportions like that are humanly possible.
Comment by James Kurtz — October 8, 2007 #
And to think, the costume company could have avoided all such controversy by naming the costume “Sexy Skeleton Mini-dress” or whatever instead of their “Anna Rexia”.
Comment by El Cid — October 8, 2007 #
It’s definitely photoshopped, she’d have to be missing ribs and the bottoms of her breasts to look like that. I hate how some girls use any excuse to dress up as an excuse to completely exploit their bodies! And enough “making light” of anorexia Nicole Ritchie style–anyone remember how she sent out party invitations to “no one over 100 lbs” as a “joke”?
Comment by Heather — October 9, 2007 #
Do you realize how many girls are struggling with the life destroying disease such as anorexia?! Do you know how many girls would KILL themselves to be that model!? And I’m being serious! There have been girls who have STARVED themselves to DEATH because the media has inflicted so much mental pain. This is NOT a joke and if I see ANYONE wearing this I may just punch her in the face.
Anorexia is NOT something you make fun of. This is probably the scariest costume out there because it is making fun of those who are dying. This the epitome of death and should not be making light of this disease.
Whoever thought of this costume is ignorant. They should really look at the world and realize that it’s not funny.
Comment by Michelle — October 11, 2007 #
Nice. The measuring tape belt is a nice touch. The commentor above is right: they really could’ve saved themselves a lot of trouble just by naming it something else. And losing the measuring tape. Instead they get to look like jerks. Good job, 3wishes! And plus sized. I’ll give my left boob to charity if you can find one self-respecting plus sized woman who would wear a costume named Anna Rexia. Or a step further: ANY self-respecting woman of ANY size.
Comment by Lacey — October 11, 2007 #
I think this costume is GREAT! And hilarious!! Especially the name!! Anyone who doesn’t needs to relax. I don’t feel sorry for anyone who has a problem with anorexia. It IS a self inflicted issue and to call it a disease is a cop out. And the people who use it as any excuse for whatever reason needs to seek a class in self appreciation and should learn to be happy with themselves and forget what other people think of them. I mean really… who gives a flying *@#! what other people think of you. Seriously… how can you be that ignorant!! Somebody somewhere won’t like you even if you are a “model”. There are plenty of “models” that are just not attractive no matter what their weight.
Comment by Jack — October 12, 2007 #
OH yah let’s make fun of a mental disease! we can dress up as a disease that kills loads of people for halloween! maybe i’ll be cancer this year. or schitzophrenia. or autism.
C’mon people! Are ya’ll serious?!
that is the most inapporiate disgusting costume EVER.
Comment by Bellz — October 12, 2007 #
Oi, Jack, I hope you get anorexia, and find out that it’s not a thing we choose to have, but something that affects our heads. I’d love to eat normally, I would. When blind terror keeps you from eating or even leaving the house sometimes, then you can say it’s something I choose.
Comment by Beth — October 13, 2007 #
You can read minds?
Comment by derek — October 15, 2007 #
C’mon Derek, you still can’t read good and do other stuff too?
It’s *bulimics* who read minds.
Anarexic is the kind of steroids that me and Barry Bonds use.
Comment by Hansel — October 16, 2007 #
ummmmmmmmm………….no……….this GORGEOUS MODEL HAPPENS to be one of my closest friends…..and you know what?!?! Sorry to all of you ANTI-FUNS out there, but this one happens to be REAL!!!!!!!!!!!! She works out like NOBODY ELSE I KNOW……….NO PHOTOSHOP REQUIRED……..and she is the sweetest most OUTGOING and above all……FUNNIEST GIRL EVER!!!!!!!!!!! DEAL WITH IT!! We are not all so perfect, but such is life…..Im sorry you all have such a problem with the irony of Halloween………but hey—————–HAVE FUN WITH IT K?!??!?!?!?
LOVE YA BABUMZZZZZZZZ!!! And love you all too for that matter….dont take it so personally………its just a costume…..
~SMILE~
Comment by AMBER DRILL — October 21, 2007 #
It’s mocking the sad society we live in. A society where people care more about social lives and self images built on physical attractiveness and acceptance than on what a person can accomplish. I pity people who deal with this, I really do…but the reason it’s such a problem is because physical appearance is taken way too seriously. Someone having the mindset that they need to be unhealthy skinny is sad. It’s not attractive to see someones ribcage through their skin, and as much as people research why this happens, they haven’t found a ‘cure’. As cold as this is, it’s because people throw tantrums over crap like this. It’s a costume, not a service announcement condemning anorexics. Lighten up…or continue taking physical appearance way too seriously, and making it more important than it is. Looks don’t last forever, so I don’t see why someone wants to die for them.
Comment by Kat — October 23, 2007 #
Well Kat, I’m proud of you for having the self-esteem to be able to realize everything you said. I agree that people put too much emphasis on the importance of looks, which definately don’t last forever, and that this costume is indeed mocking this ironic twist to our society. That being said, that is exactly the problem with it. Anorexia, as well as bulimia and other eating disorders, are not only real, they’re extremely common and extremely deadly. Something needs to be done to change this aspect of our society that causes everyone to be so self-concious they need to starve themselves to death, and if we make light of how severe this problem is by going as low as to make a Halloween costume out of it, nothing will change. It perpetuates the situation by letting people joke and make light of a very serious psychological disorder and not take this issue seriously. I saw a post on a different website that made a good point. Why don’t they make a cancer costume “complete with bald cap and wheelchair”? This would never happen, and for a good reason. I hope with all my heart, for the sake of everyone who has suffered or currently suffer from an eating disorder, as well as for all women, that this costume is banned and never sold again. Something needs to happen to change the obsession with looks in our society, and making a costume that mocks this isn’t the way to get the point across.
Amber-I don’t think anyone was blaming the model. She’s doing her job, and it’s not her fault the industry makes such tacky, unthoughtful, and crude costumes.
Comment by Laura — October 24, 2007 #
An one more thing, for all the men who have posted here, you need to realize you will never be able to understand the societal pressure to be skinny that women deal with every single day. It’s ok to have an opinion, but realize it carries to weight since you don’t have any experience to back it up.
Comment by Laura — October 24, 2007 #
Laura, I think you make some good points, but I don’t agree with your address to males not understanding the pressures of being thin. Guys also deal with this pressure. There are plenty of guys with anorexia or bulimia or other similar disorders that arise from concerns of physical image. Granted, it is perhaps less prominent, but to say that they can’t understand is cutting the guys short. They live in the same society we do and, even if they don’t experience pressure in the exact same ways, they do experience pressure.
As per the costume I think its not so bad. It may be taken in the wrong way but it can also make an ironic point about problems in our world. It has the potential to start dialogue (this blog for instance) that can be very healthy and good.
Comment by Britny — October 24, 2007 #
I actually just bought this costume for a Halloween party I am attending this weekend. I think it’s pretty funny. Everyone needs to lighten up and realize that it’s not meant to be hurtful…it’s just a costume for Halloween. I have actually overcome and eating disorder, so if I can wear it and not feel offended then everyone should just calm down. There are way more important things going on in the world right now that require our attention. So lets stop freaking out about a costume and focus our attention on global warming or Darfur or the war!
Comment by kiki — October 26, 2007 #
i’m totally wearing this costume right now, waiting to head off to a halloween party. the kicker? buh buh buh - i’m plus sized! lighten up, it’s only halloween. i thought me wearing this was hilarious.
Comment by A — October 27, 2007 #
Oh!Oh!Me too!I’m a plus sized girl and I’m wearing this costume. It’s just a joke. Lighten up.
Comment by Lindsey — October 27, 2007 #
okay, this is for Jack. ANOREXIA IS A FRIGGIN DISEASE!!! nawt a ,quote, self inflicted issue, end quote. I have anorexia nervosa. and everyday is a struggle to be alive. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy, except maybe you because you do nawt understand what kind of painfull mental disorder anorexia is. it is a disease. and to the people who made this costume? YOU MAKE ME SICK! I can’t believe how low people go for “fun”. this is basically makeing fun of people like me. and this whole anorexic thing is nawt about being skinny, getting attention, or anything to do with how other people think of us. for me, its about control. being perfect. GAWD YOUR SO INSENSITIVE AND AHNOYING! see, im around 85 pounds and nawt happy still nawt in control. nothing to do with being skinny ay-whole! you people need ro read up and realize some things before you go blabbing about things and creating costumes about a life threatening illness…
Comment by Jes — November 3, 2007 #
I am currently recovering from bulimia. Actually, in my case, it had very little to do with how I looked, and more to do with issues involving power and control. Also, I felt a desire to be sick and disgustingly thin, so no one would want me (past sexual trauma speaking there…)
Eating disorders are a lot more complicated than people think. It isn’t “self-inflicted” any more than PTSD is. I had a problem, and I dealt with it. Granted, it was not a healthy way to deal with it, but that’s really what it was.
Unless you’ve had a restrictive eating disorder, it’s really hard to understand the physical and mental pain, the shame, and the empty shell-like existence that comes with it.
Comment by Amanda — November 21, 2007 #
very great post ..
Comment by FLora — November 30, 2007 #
well, im not personally offended by the ‘joke’ even though i dont think its funny. however, skeletons are anorexic, aren’t they? and your dressing up like a skeleton, right? i mean, none of us are going to look like that girl in the dress. id rather go as a hot model.
Comment by natalie — January 27, 2008 #