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a comic by UCB graduate and former student committee member bernadette McVerry

check the upcoming issue of FINALLY for next panel

Hal

low

rea

ders

! If y

ou p

icke

d up

on

my

corn

y jo

ke th

en y

ou

can

pres

ume

that

it is

that

tim

e of

the

year

aga

in: H

allo

wee

n!

As

I be

gan

wri

ting,

I q

uest

ione

d ho

w I

wou

ld w

rite

this

seg

-m

ent.

Wou

ld it

beg

in b

y re

cant

ing

buri

ed ta

les

of a

boy

who

w

ore

his

lion

cost

ume

to s

choo

l on

the

wro

ng d

ay?

Wou

ld it

be

gin

by r

ehas

hing

the

mis

ery

of o

verl

oadi

ng o

n ap

ple-

fla-

vore

d ta

ffy?

Or

how

, to

this

day

, he

still

cri

nges

at a

nyth

ing

artif

icia

lly

flav

ored

with

app

le?

I su

ppos

e I

coul

d sa

crif

ice

thes

e st

orie

s an

d of

fer

a go

od la

ugh

at m

y ex

pens

e.

Yet,

as I

thou

ght o

f thi

s ho

liday

I h

ad to

con

cede

how

dif

fer-

ent t

his

year

rea

lly

is. G

rant

ed, t

he o

ppor

tuni

ty fo

r th

is h

oli-

day

to p

rodu

ce a

noth

er s

tory

for

the

cent

ury

is s

till l

oom

ing

arou

nd th

e co

rner

, but

ther

e is

als

o so

met

hing

els

e in

the

air

that

I c

anno

t ent

irel

y sq

uelc

h. L

ast y

ear,

I w

as a

Gre

cian

and

co

mpl

etel

y su

bmer

ged

in tw

o-do

llar

-gol

d-gl

itter

eye

sha

dow

, w

hich

, I fe

el a

dded

ano

ther

dim

ensi

on to

my

alre

ady

DIY

co

stum

e. I

had

spe

nt la

st y

ear

para

ding

am

ongs

t the

larg

e m

asse

s of

ext

rava

gant

cos

tum

es in

Wes

t Hol

lyw

ood.

You

had

anyt

hing

from

dra

g qu

eens

bed

azzl

ed fr

om h

ead

to

toe,

to m

echa

nica

lly

enha

nced

cos

tum

es li

ke L

ED s

kele

tons

. Le

ave

it to

LA

to g

o ou

t run

ning

eve

n in

bro

ken

red

heel

s.

Alt

houg

h al

l of t

hat w

as g

rand

, bei

ng in

Ber

kele

y ca

uses

me

to r

econ

side

r m

y ra

ther

pro

blem

atic

con

cept

ions

of c

ostu

mes

w

ear.

Thi

s ye

ar h

as r

eall

y pr

esse

d m

e to

rec

onsi

der

som

e tr

ends

of

app

ropr

iatin

g ce

rtai

n cu

ltur

es. I

n ot

her

wor

ds, t

o no

t dr

ess

up in

a c

ultu

re th

at is

not

my

own,

or

anyt

hing

that

is

fund

amen

tall

y se

xist

, rac

ist,

and

all t

he o

ther

“-is

ms”

und

er

the

sun.

As

a pe

rson

who

com

es fr

om a

stu

dent

com

mitt

ee th

at h

ighl

y pr

omot

es a

rt, I

wou

ld li

ke to

take

this

tim

e to

urg

e yo

u to

be

crea

tive.

Be

a st

aple

r! B

e an

art

inst

alla

tion!

Be

mag

ical

! Be

a hy

per

vent

ilatin

g gl

itter

bag

(wha

teve

r th

at is

)! Sk

ies

the

limit!

Hal

low

een

can

still

exi

st in

all

its

glor

y w

ith w

onde

rful

es

capa

des,

tras

hy p

artie

s, in

cogn

ito b

ehav

ior,

and

endl

ess

mid

nigh

t-tal

es. B

ut fi

rst:

Rea

d th

is ‘z

ine

and

thin

k of

BA

M/

PFA

fond

ly, a

s it

too

will

be

taki

ng o

n a

new

“co

stum

e” (i

f yo

u w

ill) i

n th

e sp

ring

. Enj

oy!

From

a P

erso

n W

ho D

ress

ed U

p as

a L

ion

for

Thr

ee Y

ears

,A

lé