Boiling down an entire culture into a costume is racially insensitive and only further contributes to the marginalization of these groups.

Today, I'm paying homage to one of my favorite style bloggers, Jessica Quirk, who writes, What I Wore, which sounds exactly like its name. She takes a picture everyday of what she's worn, then posts it on her tumblr (remember my former post about my tumbling addiction?!?) - in short, it's an inspiration to dress…

Oh Halloween...that most hallowed of holidays when, in the eternal words of that movie classic, Mean Girls, "Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress up like a total slut (oops, sorry, Ithacan - is that vulgar?) and no other girls can say anything about it." Which, sadly enough, is the…