A friend just told me I should keep cosplaying men because my chest is flat. Not even as a joke.
I know she didn't really mean any real harm, but it seemed like a tactless comment to me. There are female characters that don't have big chests. And I'd rather try some female cosplays if given the chance instead of cross-playing again. I don't care if my front is 'easy to bind' or not. I don't think that should make a huge difference in what I cosplay.
I dunno. Sometimes I feel like people make too big of a deal out of what size a woman's chest is.
That's kind of a ****ty friend IMO. I feel you. On Sunday, I was wearing a black velvet sort of dungarees thing (I don't want to say play suit, that word is disgraceful) to a religious convention and the shorts were down to my knees, I was wearing tights and I was wearing an oversized cardigan too. I was dressed more informally because I've chosen to back out of the religion but I still observe it.
It looked formal enough and totally passed the dress code rules, lots of the ladies there complimented me on it but my "friend" told me I looked really disrespectful and rude not wearing a dress.
She said it all snarky like as well, and she was smiling, and none of my friends stopped her.
I mean, this religion has already got a lot of bad attention in general society, and I didn't want to be one to say it, but there is no way I can actually observe a religion that prides itself on friendly members when a large majority of them are complete arseholes.
(I say a large majority because it's not just her, half the flipping congregation is like that)
(It's not the first time she's done something like this...many, many times...)