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Recently PAX banned booth babes from their events, one of many conferences including E3 to start banning booth babes. This is an excerpt of what PAX had to say on their booth babe policy:

“PAX has a strict ‘no booth babe’ policy with the purpose of creating an environment where everyone can feel comfortable and welcome, and the focus is on games, not hired booth staff. Booth babes are defined as staff of ANY gender used by exhibitors to promote their products at PAX by using overtly sexual or suggestive methods. Partial nudity, the aggressive display of cleavage and the navel, and shorts/skirts higher than 4” above the knee are not allowed. If for any reason an exhibit and/or its contents are deemed objectionable to PAX management, the exhibitor will be asked to alter the attire of its staff. Cosplayed characters that are playable in-game are an exception to this rule (within reason), and exhibitors must obtain permission from show management prior to the show. If for any reason an exhibit and/or its contents are deemed objectionable to PAX management, the exhibitor will be asked to alter the attire of its staff or remove those staff from the show.”

PAX has basically said “because a few people are uncomfortable we’re getting rid of this without putting it to a vote or any real consultation with the audience that pays money to come to our events.” This is classic blind SJW pandering, and it’s also just a tacky way to slut shame. Of course in this new world where revolutionists and activists went from being the people of the sexual revolution the new revolutionaries are puritans and insecure fear/hate mongers.

But there is something here to highlight that speaks to a bigger issue that is surely on the horizon for the current Social Justice Movement:

Cosplayed characters that are playable in-game are an exception to this rule (within reason), and exhibitors must obtain permission from show management prior to the show.

Cosplayers are sighing in relief because as far as they are concerned they’re safe. WRONG! You are safe for now but you are the next target. Models like Liz E Katz, Lindsay Elyse, Jessica Nigri, LeeAnna Vamp, and Vegas PG are all on the chopping block. They may THINK they are safe but if they can ban booth babes what is to stop them from saying this:

These sexy cosplay girls are too distracting, let’s ban them for the events and make this a ‘pure’ gaming fandom experience. We need to make sure everyone is comfortable. Jessica Nigri’s cleavage might be too distracting for the men and women here. We’re just trying to be progressive.”

If anyone thinks I’m overreacting, just wait.

So what’s the solution for all this? Booth babes & cosplayers need to join together and prevent this from happening. They basically need to unionize. I know that’s a dirty word to people, but I’m not talking about a government run union; I’m more talking about a coalition so that they can lobby for their rights against these increasingly foolish and increasingly irrelevant conventions.

I’d say that some of these people need to join #gamergate and #notyourshield, but the problem there is that then they could make themselves bigger targets than they already are in the mainstream media. Whatever choice they make, they need to make one fast before further clamp-downs occur.

Will they stand together? Who knows. It seems increasingly hard to get people to fight for sexy women thanks to “feminism.” You can “free the nipple” but only if they are A or B cups women. No women with D cups or women with rocking bodies.

Just remember cosplayers, you’re next. Don’t be silent, because by the time they come for you, it will be too late.

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