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Gridlock cosplay4/29/2023 ![]() ![]() The protest kicked off at noon in downtown Lansing with what appeared to be a huge number of participants in vehicles honking horns, waving American flags and circling the capitol building.ĭubbed "Operation Gridlock," and organized by groups including the Michigan Conservative Coalition, the demonstration jammed the streets around the capitol building. And so many businesses and hobbies, and just everyday things, have been restricted by our governor," Maddock told ABC News. Everybody has learned a lesson in hand-washing, face touching and social distancing. "Nobody is denying that this is a crisis, a worldwide crisis, but we've also all learned to be safer. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home orders, Maddock drove 60 miles from her residence to Lansing, the state capital, to join a convoy of motorists Wednesday afternoon protesting the governor's pandemic directive and calling on state leaders to allow small businesses to reopen so employees can get back to work. ![]() Instead of staying in her house, adhering to Gov. But just a few days ago, she said she was forced to lay off her last three employees due to courts being shuttered and jails being emptied to blunt the spread of coronavirus in the hard-hit state. Flame Con feels like coming home to so many of us.For three decades, Meshawn Maddock and her family have run A-1 Bail Bonds in Milford, Michigan. She told Gay City News, “Cosplay at Flame Con feels more diverse than at other conventions, possibly because there is an overall sense of acceptance and a shared culture, an increased familiarity with the same concepts and ideals. When a cosplayer dressed as the sea witch Ursula from “The Little Mermaid” quoted the famous “Now, sing!” line from the movie, the audience once again burst into song.Ĭosplayer Jay Justice was a special guest at Flame Con, and spoke on several cosplay panels. When a “Steven Universe” cosplayer whipped out their ukulele and started singing the show’s theme song during the costume contest, half the audience joined in and knew the entire song by heart. The contests at Flame Con did have a more theatrical feel to them when compared to mainstream cons. “In the contest earlier, they did skits and voices. “Drag is performance art, so is cosplay, but a different kind of performance,” she explained. Speaking to Gay City News, one of the contest judges, Dax ExclamationPoint, a drag performer who dressed as Catwoman for the con, illuminated the subtle distinctions between traditional drag and drag as cosplay. I feel like you don’t see that anywhere else, because other places don’t welcome that kind of creativity with open arms the same way that Flame Con does, and that’s why I’m so proud to be doing this here.”įlame Con had a costume contest and costume parade on both days of the event. They want to define what cosplay means to them. “Because when they come to Flame Con they want to be very glamorous. “I love seeing all the corsetry, the rhinestones, the glamour that goes into it,” she said. Greeman then pointed out a cosplayer wearing a Wolverine dress, with rhinestone trim on the uniform and glittering sparkles on their claws. Because we don’t allow that at Flame Con, and we encourage people to have their own unique sense of style.” ![]() I don’t think people are as nervous about wearing something that might get them called out or ostracized. “My favorite thing about Flame Con, specifically, is that cosplayers here feel more comfortable in doing what they want for cosplay, and not as much what they think will be popular or what they think will get them a lot of photos taken and stuff like that,” she said, and then, referring to her own Harley Quinn costume, added, “Everybody wants their picture taken but, I think, at Flame Con people are going to take my picture because they like me, and they like what I’m wearing and how I’ve done this. Queer geeks offer an inclusive, welcoming place to home to She pointed out a few things that make cosplay at Flame Con feel different than at other cons. Rachel Greeman moderated panels on cosplay and staffed the Cosplay Corner station at the con. Flame Con bolstered the ranks of its cosplayers with nerdy drag queens who used their campy style to interpret superheroes, video game heroines, and even Disney princesses. Cosplay was once a rare subculture for only the most ardent fans, but it has become a widespread part of any event featuring nerd culture.
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