4 Rein in Your Baloney Pony Gendered Entrepreneurship in Cosplay
In the summer of 2020, a comedic illustration featuring the anti-hero Deadpool made the rounds of various social media outlets, including Facebook. In the image, a caricature of the DC character provides a Pubic Service Announcement
about why it is necessary for male cosplayers to wear a dance belt to reign in their baloney ponies,
a euphemism for hiding male genitalia in form-fitting costumes (Figure 4.1).
The discussion that ensued in one Facebook group (Cosplayers of a Certain Age) in May of 2020 around this image centered on the social norms governing the public display of visible penis lines, with most participants ...
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