I love Halloween and I love the Autostraddle community, so what could possibly be better than combining those two loves in an epic reader (and staff!) Halloween costume gallery?
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- Vanessa as a witch and Cara as Vanessa
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- Shannon as Sexy Voldemort (Vulvamort)
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- Laura as Xena
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- Hannah as Robin Hood and Tiff as Harry Potter
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- Twin Peaks! Allie (left) as Log Lady, Intern Rebecca (middle) as Audrey Horne, and Anne (right) as special agent Dale Cooper.
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- Shannon as Peter Pan
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- Stef and a friend as LiLo and SamRon
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- Hannah as Rosie the Riveter
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- Robin and Marika as Robin and Batman
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- Alex and Riese as Adam Lambert and Lady Gaga
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- Rachel as Michelangelo from TMNT
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- Shannon as Cap’n Barnacle Burntbeard
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- Goddess Chelsey as Hipster Little Mermaid
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- Kristen as a Roy Lichtenstein
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- Brittani as James Franco in 127 Hrs and Liz as Tootsie Pop Owl (left) and Oliver Twist (right)
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- Jess and Christina as Bam Bam and Pebbles
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- Triszh as Snow White
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- Olivia (right) as a unicorn
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- Taylor, Cee, and friends as…well, you know
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- Mere and Jacq as The Baroness and a Swashbuckler
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- Liz as all the Avengers (photo by Albert L. Ortega)
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- Launa as one of Mr. Veil’s girls from Fallen London
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- Kristan as Kurt Hummel
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- Stef (right) as Keyboard Cat
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- Kerrie as a bedbug (TERRIFYING)
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- From left to right: Kendall as Indiana Jones, Allie as a doll, Kelsey as Rachel Maddow, and Kayla as a jester
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- Kat (left) as Sherlock Holmes
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- Katie and Amber
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- Jess and Christina as Halloweenies
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- Lizz as a vampire penguin
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- Sara and Brooke as Sally and Jack from The Nightmare Before Christmas
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- Jamie as Katniss, the Girl On Fire
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- Lizz (right) as a giraffe
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- Katie and friends as the entire OITNB crew
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- Kira and Lucia as Marceline the Vampire Queen and Princess Bubblegum from Bubbline
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- Lizz as Black Swan
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- Carrie as a shark attack and Mary as a minion from Despicable Me, with Dracula making a surprise appearance
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- Giselle wins for most amazing face paint situation
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- Angela and Hailey as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie
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- Mey as Lumpy Space Princess from Adventure Time
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- Evan and Shannon as Brokeback Mountain
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- Emily as a Super Happy Trip and Rachel as a newsie
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- Emily as a 1930’s French Lesbian Vampire
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- Kathryn as something very very scary
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- Ella as a Pan Am flight attendant (photo by Diana Levine)
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- Chloe as Smee
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- Katlyn as Elphaba and Amanda as Galinda
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- Stef as Courtney Love
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- Chris with son CJ (age 7) as the Doctors Jones (Indiana Jones and Indiana Jones’ dad)
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- Chloe as Rosie the Riveter
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- Chicago Straddlers!
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- Celeste and partner as the White Rabbit and the Mad Hatter from Alice In Wonderland
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- Christina and Shannon as Catwomen
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- Alexis as Amy Winehouse
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- Jeanie and Anne Marie as sharks
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- Marine and Ashley, the Scientist and the Poet
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- Amanda as Captain Hammer
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- Amanda as Black Widow from The Avengers
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- Naimah as a boyscout
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- Dana and Alison as Tank Girl and Jet
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- Mey: “It’s Bruja time.”
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- Alexis as Abraham Lincoln, Bacon Slayer
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- Alicia does Blues Brothers
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- Haviland as a unicorn
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- Naimah (center) and friends as the Spice Girls
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- A friend and Torre as Richie and Margo from the Royal Tenenbaums
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- Stef as Courtney Love (again)
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- Haviland as a roller girl
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- Megan and Kathryn in Harry Potter costumes
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- Torre as the witch from Monty Pythons Holy Grail
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- Hilary as Lesbian Bed Death (scary!)
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- Shelby as a steampunk mecha-pilot
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- Kade as Marshall Lee from Adventure Time
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- Vanessa: “Pick a photo where the hatchet is showing!”
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- Kaylah as a pot brownie
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- Riese and Marni as Brandy and Julie
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- Georgina as Ke$ha
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- Haviland as a SuperPAC politico, inspired by this video: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/0ae6ffc284/super-freak-super-pac
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- Meredith as Waldo
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- Riese and Marni as Brandy and Julie again
Happy Halloween, weirdos. You all look so damn good and I am proud to be a part of such a creative, spooky, sexy community. Trick or treat responsibly tonight and remember to take lots of photos of yourself in costume so you can be featured in next year’s gallery!
CARA AS VANESSA. CARA AS VANESSA. OMG.
I died
OMG these are amaaaaazing!
oh my god chloe kills it every time.
<3
You queers are all so freakin creative. Seriously, ALL OF YOU. I also love Katlyn’s Elphaba kiss mark on Amanda’s cheek :3
Wow, I love Roy Lichtenstein!
Totally amazing costume idea and execution!!!
<3!
CHELSEY IS A MERMAID
CHELSEY IS A MERMAID
CHELSEY IS A MERMAID YOU GUYS
<3
Things I am not getting over any time soon:
–Pot Brownie
–Lesbian bed death
–all the OITNB group pics
–all of Lizz’s costumes (because vampire penguin? C’mon)
This year I am going as, “Bitch Who is Too Superstitious to Go Out on Halloween Since She Broke Her Leg Last Halloween and Spent the Night in the Hospital Dressed as Rosie the Riveter, Doped Up on Demerol and Insisting that Her Male Nurse Promise to Buy His Daughter All the Ramona Quimby Books”
A Classic :)
The Romona Quimby books are pretty ace…
i definitely went as ramona quimby one year, i made a t-shirt with the special Q on it like she made for herself, it was a big deal
I’ve always wanted to go as her, because we have similar hair. If I had a reason to dress up this year, I might have taken a page out of the “New Girl” book and gone as Joey Ramone-a Quimby.
these are wonderful!
and Abraham Lincoln bacon slayer – so random. Hilarious.
STEF AS KEYBOARD CAT
all the QTs. hey, where do we send pictures for next year!? i’m pretty proud of my homemade selena look for tonight…
I second that! I’m all dressed up with no homosexuelles to appreciate my prosthetic ears, (except for the dog.)
BTW Mey is the loveliest Lumpy Space Princess! And Kristen killed it like it was an Ode to My Pantry column.
Kade… omg… that is all
I was like, “Oh heeeeeeey thaaaaar!”
omg torre i fucking can’t.
OMG MEY AS LSP – MEY, DID YOU DO THE VOICE THE WHOLE NIGHT PLEASE SAY YES
ARE YOU LUMPIN SERIOUS
So many flawless things happening!
They are ALL fab, but Kristen as Roy Lichtenstein is AWESOME!!
and Lesbian Bed Death made me laugh out loud
kaylah, you’re a genius
WHY CAN’T WE ALL GO TO A HALLOWEEN PARTY TOGETHER
So much perfection.
OMG so many amazing costumes! I loved Marshall Lee from Adventure time. I may have had inappropriate thoughts about him. Yup.
ALSO: Next acamp dance should be a costume ball! Just sayin’
Jess and I are Victor Van Dort and the Corpse Bride in #29, but I like “Halloweenies” too! ;)
Also, Pot Brownie?! STOP IT!
Mer as Waldo is the cutest.
Also Vanessa and Cara Obvs.
And also Chelsey as a mermaid.
And Christina and Jess.
And also everyone else in this gallery.
I gotta say I think Chels as hipster mermaid is the best!!
I THINK YOU ARE BOTH THE BEST. <3
THAT POT BROWNIE IS THE BEST IDEA EVER! I’m stealing it for next halloween!
spoken like a true high femme ;)
As an archaeologist, I have to say, I’m diggin’ the Indiana Jones costumes.
And all of the others, of course.
Was that “diggin'” pun intentional? ‘Cause you’re an archaeologist?
(Please say yes.)
Most definitely.
I am just stunned at all the cuteness in this thread, wow.
ALEX AND RIESE! I’M DYING
HA Julie and Brandy, too good!
Also Chicago Straddlers I want to join that party
also kristen’s makeup is genius amazing
Gi’s skull look is terrifyingly awesome! Well Done!
ZOMG! Autostraddle readers/staff are some sexy and creative people, y’all. Pot brownie. I about died of awesome.
I’m Alex ;)
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That is pretty adorable and legit!
Ok, one more comment. I LOVE the pot brownie idea, and I loved all the OITNB costumes. But everyone’s costume was amazing and you all look incredible!
HAVILAND omfg can you not!! ♥
also I was patiently waiting for laneia’s picture to pop up and never happened, bummer
We’ll get out picket signs for the hocus pocus campaign :D
i mean you and me both
re: laneia
All of these costumes are so amazing! I love all of Lizz’s costumes and Kristen and Kade and Kaylah and Cara and Tank Girl and Jet and Shelby and Captain Hammer and everyone!
Oh my glob Mey! I loved your LSP! :)
These are all really great, but the ginger bedbug is my fave. So cute! :)
Yes Yes Yes!
Ah, all of these are amazing!!!
OH CRAP I WISH I HADN’T FORGOTTEN TO SEND IN ME AS HAN(NAH) SOLO AND DESIREE AS INSPECTOR SPACETIME
Stef, no wonder you did it twice, you make a kickass Courtney Love
thank you! i have actually done it like six times because it is the easiest/best halloween costume and you can act like an unhinged nutjob and everyone just thinks you are in character.
This is so cool!! You all look amazing! I love the Rosie the Riveter costume.
My girlfriend and I went as a sailor and a mime: http://instagram.com/p/f8QlAlGhid (not pictured: our friend Ellie who dressed as Harry Styles)
There are too many amazing costumes in here, but Twin Peaks! Log Lady is so good!
Everyone is so talented! I feel like we need to start another costume-centric holiday ASAP.
i sense a costume party on the mountain next a-camp…
THESE ARE ALL AMAZING. I am particularly excited that someone is dressed as A NEWSIE!