Liana Kerzner Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Cosplay Dossier

Why I Love Furries

I love furries. This isn’t something most people would admit, but most people are too insecure to accept anything that seems “weird”. “Weird”, ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorMarch 29, 2016

Cosplay Dossier

A Cosplayer’s Response to Xbox’s GDC “Core Values”

Sometimes the universe aligns in ways that cause me to confront things for my own good, and it just so happened that the ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorMarch 22, 2016

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A Cosplay Defense of Skinny Girls

With all the recent kerfuffle about Rey being skinnier than a battle droid in Star Wars The Force Awakens, and the ongoing complaints ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorMarch 15, 2016

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Why I Don’t Like Competitive Cosplay

In the typical “who would win” mental superhero match-ups, the parameters of the fight matter greatly. Does Batman, for instance, get to use ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorMarch 8, 2016

Cosplay Dossier

Cosplay Travel Additions That (Mostly) Don’t Weigh Down Your Luggage

Travel is part of the cosplay lifestyle, but with ever-increasing baggage fees, cosplayers are travelling lighter and lighter. More than ever, it’s important ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorMarch 1, 2016

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How To Keep Cosplay Obsessions Healthy

Cosplay can get intense, and that’s part of the fun. The Agents of Cosplay video this week features cosplayers with healthy kinds of ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorFebruary 23, 2016

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Does It Really Matter If You Make Your Own Cosplays?

A tweet by Ivy Doomkitty inspired me to write about this topic, because there’s this weird cattiness surrounding “professional” cosplayers regarding whether or ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorFebruary 16, 2016

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When To Spend and When To Save With Cosplay

Anyone who cosplays with passion knows that it can get expensive. It can sometimes be difficult to know when it’s worth spending money ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorFebruary 9, 2016

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Is It Really Cosplay Harassment? Or Just Neuroatypical Behavior?

A concern I have with the “Cosplay is Not Consent” movement is how it sometimes focuses too heavily on punitive action and uses ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorJanuary 26, 2016

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How Cosplayers Pay Respects To Those We’ve Lost

I had intended to write about something completely different this week, but sadly, I was informed that a cosplayer I knew of died ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorJanuary 19, 2016

Cosplay Dossier

Is There Gender Discrimination Against Male Cosplayers?

A friend asked me to write this column. He’s a cosplayer, but he also likes taking pictures of other cosplayers at conventions, and ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorJanuary 14, 2016

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