Halloween

Halloween is just four days away and this weekend was just the beginning of the festivities. Long Beach was, and still is, in full swing with different places to celebrate Halloween. It is where full grown adults get a chance at being a little more creative though the store-bought costume is always available for any last minute choices.
Around this time, though, it seems like shopping for a costume just keeps getting tougher and tougher for women. Though it is a day that women take advantage of to wear something more revealing than usual, when clicking through the different choices offered online for costumes, one cannot help but notice that every other costume is labeled as "sexy" or "slutty" this and that.

There was also a reappearance of a controversial costume that was being sold in 2011 by Ricky's Halloween online store, based in New York.

What was the offensive costume in question? The "Anna Rexia"costume.

Photo courtesy of the Huffington Post.

Back in 2011, the costume sparked an online petition to have it removed from the website and discontinued. It was removed but it resurfaced this year on a different online Halloween store.

The incident fueled the argument of how costumes for women are getting more and more inappropriate. It sparked outrage among numerous feminist sites and blogs.

"This outfit offends me not only as a feminist, but as a member of the eating disorder community. It pains me to know that there will actually be people walking around in this costume this Halloween," Camille C. said.