So, this Halloween, I wanted to be someone truly inspirational. I wanted to be a woman who really fought to make a difference. I wanted to be a woman of color who sought to truly inspire change. So for my Plus Size Halloween Costume, I decided to be Angela Davis. An american political activist, academic, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.

Yes, she was radical, yes she a feminist, but in order to truly seek change, you have to be willing to go outside of the box and do something that has never been done. That’s what Angela Davis aimed to do. She is a well rounded woman with a doctorate of philosophy from East Berlin and was a professor teaching History of Consciousness Department and a former director of the university’s Feminist Studies department until she retired.  

I could only aspire to be such an amazingly strong, determined woman who aimed to change the things she could not accept in society.

“As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people’s struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism.”

So, to complete my Angela Davis Costume Inspiration, I paired my black turtleneck with my black skinny jeans, booties, and black leather jacket.  I grabbed a curly wig and a pick and paired it with dark lipstick.

Not only did this Halloween Costume Inspiration inspire me to get up and get moving to change the things in society I cannot accept, it also inspired others. 

With that being said, what are you going to be for Halloween?