Captain Phasma

ESJ Cosplay – Cosplay We Love

You can meet a lot of wonderful people on the comics convention circuit, and one of our favorite discoveries of the past year was our new friends at ESJ Cosplay.

Made up of cosplayer Emi and design team Sendy (mom) and Jose (dad); ESJ Cosplay has been knocking it out of the park with fantastic costume after fantastic costume — doing multiple conventions and multiple costumes  every year.

You can follow ESJ Cosplay on Instagram (@esjcosplay) or Twitter (@EmSeJo).

X-23 Costume by Jose Ramirez Photography by NixDad
X-23 Costume by Jose Ramirez Photography by NixDad
Winter Soldier Costume by Jose Ramirez Photography by NixDad
Winter Soldier Costume by Jose Ramirez Photography by NixDad
Thor Costume by Jose Ramirez Photography by NixDad
Snow White
Rey (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Rey (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Rey (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Rey (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Rainbow Dash
Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) Costume by Sewmany costumes Photography by Heroic Imaging
Ms Marvel (Kamala Khan) Costume by SewMany Costumes Photography by James Rulison
Ms Marvel (Kamala Khan) Costume by SewMany Costumes Photography by York in the box
Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls)
Lydia Deetz (Beetlejuice) Costume by Sendy Ramirez Photography by Jose Hernandez
Loki Costume by Jose and Sendy Ramirez Photography by Wonderwallvisions
Loki vs. Thor Photography by Wonderwallvisions
Loki Costume by Jose and Sendy Ramirez Photography by Wonderwallvisions
Jedi Snow White
Frida Kahlo
Frankie Stein (Monster High)
Fifty Sue Costume by Jose and Sendy Ramirez Photography by Wonderwall Vision
Fifty Sue Costume by Jose and Sendy Ramirez Photography by Wonderwall Vision
Causal Captain Phasma

 

Target Gives Captain Phasma An Accidental Sex Change

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Target is having a rough month when it comes to gender and toys. After a fantastic announcement that they were removing gendered signs from the toy department, they flubbed badly by releasing an exclusive Star Wars action figure set that left out Rey, the main character, and Captain Phasma, the menacing female hench(wo)man in exchange for a generic Storm Trooper and Tie Fighter Pilot. This was quickly tied to a long pattern of Target excluding female characters from action figure sets.

Still, after all the furor, it was still surprising to see that — while they offered a dress-up costume for bad-ass female villain Captain Phasma — they put it in the boys department labeled Star Wars: Episode VII Boys Deluxe Villain Trooper Costume.

It would be easy to place this as yet another slight by Target against girls and women, but honestly, it is so puzzling that I think I’m going to use Hanlon’s Razor to determine their motivation.

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

I can’t imagine they wanted the backlash from girls and women on this sensitive topic. And they certainly don’t want to hear from the parents of boys when they find out they were accidentally cross-dressing.

We got a screenshot of the costume on Target’s website below before they inevitably fix it.

Target promotes cross-dressing? How progressive.
Captain Phasma costume

h/t to Troy Freund