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Gaming & Web

Cosplaying in Hijab

How in love are we with these rocking lady cosplayers?

Belle cosplay with hijab

Black Butler cosplay with hijab

This Buzzfeed article also includes Link, Inuyasha, Despicable Me, and more awesome hijab / cosplay combos.

Want to try it out yourself? Check out the blog Muslim Cosplay by Sindi Hamano Michiyo for hands-on tips!

  • November 16, 2014
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Minimum-Wage Minions

So Husband and I were chatting about the whole Oscar-security-worker-wages-protest thing.

Storm Trooper Minions ProtestFor anyone who missed it last month, security workers charged with keeping big-ticket events like the Academy Awards safe were receiving very low wages. So low, in fact, that a single red-carpet ballgown often out-valued their annual salaries.

The (not-as-self-evident-as-one-might-assume) point was made that if we want to safeguard expensive dresses (let alone the talented actors who wear them), we might want to pay our security staff a more reasonable wage.

Anyway, Husband suggested that this same problem occurs regularly in our scifi and fantasy worlds. He suggested that perennial henchmen also suffer from a lack of salary and benefits, causing their job performance to suffer in the meantime. (Would someone PLEASE write or link me to a short story about minion job dissatisfaction?)

Think about it. Job dissatisfaction among minions accounts for:

  • lack of training and self-improvement (“I wonder whether this doom’s day device should be making that sound…”)
  • lack of conviction (“Lower your weapons, guys. No way I’m getting shot for eight bucks an hour.”)
  • lack of pride in performance (“It’s raining. Let’s not check the whole perimeter and alcoves.”)
  • dishonesty (“Do you think we should tell him the princess escaped?” “Naw, I’m sure it’s fine.”)
  • lack of loyalty (“Of course I accept gift certificates to Denny’s as a bribe.”)

Most importantly, this theory accounts for why armies of Storm Troopers seem unable to hit the broadside of a barn. They just aren’t that motivated.

Can anyone think of other minion-fails that can be chalked up to lack of benefits and minimal pay?

  • March 25, 2014
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