Thursday, October 10, 2024

Oh noez! Witch Nose!

ACK-K-K-K-K-K-K-K! 

Witches Nose! 

VIDROY Here  (October 2021), just under 22 minute kvetchfest on witches nose and costumes being anti semitic. 

From her description of her vidroy: "Turns out, this harmless-seeming witch Halloween costume has a problematic history, and as a Jewish dress historian, I'm here to explain it."

Calm down. There there. Settle down, Ma'am.

Didn't watch the vidroy. Many comments/replies on the vidroy are of the nature, "thank you for sharing this information on how hurtful a witch costume can be."  "Thank you for pointing out this nose trope."  OY-REEEEE ! The comments are so similar it's like they're from the ten same posters using different accounts.

FFS - find something to do. Bring flowers to a retirement community. Volunteer for Meals on Wheels, a local food shelf or Feeding America. Ask a neighbor if they need help doing anything, if they say yes, help them...for free. Pick up litter around the neighborhood. I know, not as easy as kvetching all day at the keyboard whilst noshing Baklava.

Britannica: Semite defined isn't exclusive to Israelis, Jews, Hebrews. 

Semite, name given in the 19th century to a member of any people who speak one of the Semitic languages[.]
[.]
[Semites include] Arabs, Akkadians, Canaanites, Hebrews, some Ethiopians (including the Amhara and the Tigrayans), and Aramaean tribes.
[.]
[...] there remains no archaeological or scientific evidence of a common Semitic people.

Wait! What's that last one? "no archaeological or scientific evidence of a common Semitic people."

Next on the kvetch list, paper clips in this shape. 🤣

4 comments:

Cederq said...

Oh vey, there goes my warlock costume this year...

Drake's Place said...

Cederq , A Warlock costume is good!

Anonymous said...

Halloween witch costumes have been around forever. She needs to get a life.
Mark

Drake's Place said...

Mark, your comment landed in SPAM. Sorry!
Totally agree with you!