Needle Drive - The first costume I ever made was Princess Leia's gold bikini. It was my mission statement as a costumer. I felt like everyone was perfectly happy to fetishize Carrie
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Slave Leia will disappear from Star Wars merchandising. Should cosplayers hang up their gold bikinis?
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