[ExI] theme parties must go retro, waaaaay retro (spike)

Tom Nowell nebathenemi at yahoo.co.uk
Fri Sep 1 22:00:46 UTC 2017


Spike, the alternative is that frat parties do what UK campus parties do - have a "pimps and hoes" theme, because old-fashioned misogyny never goes out of fashion. Besides, dressing outrageously and acting in an overly sexualised manner cuts to the chase of what much campus nightlife is REALLY about - the chance to hook up or fail ridiculously trying.
The costume party decision can cause real trouble - Prince Harry got in trouble for wearing an Afrika Korps costume to a "Colonists and Natives" party. Everyone was shocked by him wearing a Nazi uniform, but if the great-grandson of the last empress of India and descendent of Kings and Queens in whose name many colonial military actions were taken had actually worn a British uniform he'd probably have outraged an entire nation and been branded a disgrace to the uniform - so perhaps with hindsight dressing as a Nazi soldier was the less outrageous option. What strange lives the super-aristocratic must live.
Tom
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