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When a group of black cosplayers decided to pose for a group photo at DragonCon in Atlanta over Labor Day weekend, some of them didn’t expect an interloper to join them. Members of the Black Geeks of DragonCon Facebook group showed up at the convention dressed as heroes Green Lantern, Black Panther and Captain America, among others. But one woman slipped into the photo dressed up as, well, if not a villain, then at least an unsympathetic character: “BBQ Becky.”
She was concerned that dressing as “BBQ Becky” might come across as glorifying the woman, but she was invited to the shoot by a friend who is a member of Black Geeks of DragonCon.
“For the photo shoot, I was adamant that the organizers give permission for ... me to be there as BBQ Becky because I didn’t want to actually crash the event,” she said. “Even with permission, I was nervous going out to the photo shoot. I didn’t know how it would be received at DragonCon in general and specifically at that event.”
Rose waited until the shoot was underway before she stepped into a shot with her phone already to her ear.
“Once people noticed I was there, people were laughing and cheering and clapping. Everyone seemed to immediately get the joke,” she said.
originally posted by: chiefsmom
do I have to
originally posted by: chiefsmom
OK,Googledit.
originally posted by: worldstarcountry
a reply to: TinySickTears
right. And the irony is not lost on me that on a discussion board that laments the power of brainwashing and propaganda, that the general population, and the members who even lament the same concepts unwittingly make those brands more powerful by speaking and writing in such a manner.
Whatever though, I am just a crazy ape ranting on the level of a grammar nazi. What do I know?
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: worldstarcountry
Whats a band-aid?
Johnson & Johnson told me not to trust sharks.
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
if she wanted to be there she should have put on some sort of black face paint - for the sake of consistency.
not a large fish or a small whale?
just dont want you to be brainwashed
originally posted by: worldstarcountry
originally posted by: chiefsmom
do I have to
originally posted by: chiefsmom
OK,Googledit.
Corporate brand names are not verbs. Just like a piece of tissue paper is not called Kleenex.
Defeat the brainwashing. It is called doing a web search, not googling it.
But yea, I guess this was funny.