Take Back Halloween!
A project in Gloucester, VA by Suzanne Scoggins000days
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The alternative costume resource, with no-sew DIY designs for great women in history and mythology.
Backers: 680
Average Pledge Per Backer: $20
Funded: $13,652 of $4,500
Dates: Oct 1st -> Nov 1st (31 days)
Project By: Suzanne Scoggins
Backers: 680
Average Pledge Per Backer: $20
Funded: $13,652 of $4,500
Dates: Oct 1st -> Nov 1st (31 days)
Project By: Suzanne Scoggins
$13,652
current pledge level
Last Updated: November 1 @ 12:30 -0400 GMT
303%
of goal
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Latest News
WE MADE IT!!! 
November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
THANK YOU!!!! Thanks to you, our fantastic backers, we reached our final stretch goal and then some. We're winding this thing up at over 300% of our initial funding goal, which is absolutely astounding. We are so honored and heartened by the... (Read More)
Happy Halloween!
October 31st - via: kickstarter.com
The big day is here! Costumes, trick-or-treating, pumpkins, candy, and, yes, more media coverage for Take Back Halloween: Today.com (This is the website, not the show itself. We were invited to be on the show, but the last-minute logistics... (Read More)
Publicity roundup
October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Another big day for us in the news: Washington Post The Daily Beast And unfortunately, I just had to turn down an offer to be on the Today show. It was a thrill to be asked, but the last-minute logistics just don't work. Also in the past 24... (Read More)
See it in a room!
October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
I've been playing with mat colors again for our posters. These are all mock-ups (just mock-ups!) of our 11x14 posters in matted 16x20 black walnut frames. Remember the Greek World poster? Here it is again with a blue mat: This is a mock-up... (Read More)
Debunking the Mythology of Market Demand
October 28th - via: kickstarter.com
That's the title of the interview we did with Amy Jussel of Shaping Youth. She asked me what I really wanted to talk about, and I let fly. Here's an extended quote: *********************** "If I could have one wish, it would be for people to stop... (Read More)
We'll be on KCOY-CBS tomorrow morning around 6:35am PST
October 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Any fans in Santa Barbara? We'll be on KCOY-CBS "Wake Up Central Coast" tomorrow morning, Monday, October 28. Our slot is scheduled for between 6:35am PST and 6:50am PST. So if you're out there on the beautiful Central Coast and you get up... (Read More)
Media roundup
October 27th - via: kickstarter.com
We had a flurry of coverage over the past few days and I'm behind sharing the links with you all. Quick roundup: Geek Girl Chicago interviewed us for Chicago Now: Take Back Halloween: Historical, Cultural, Empowered Costumes for Women. WOSU: ... (Read More)
In which we discuss the aesthetics of a spandex tube
October 26th - via: kickstarter.com
We did an interview with Jamie Lynne Grumet (you may remember her from the cover of TIME last year), who got us talking about a different kind of sex appeal. Excerpt: ********************************* Q: “Non-sexy adult Halloween costumes” is one... (Read More)
Our final stretch goal: Operation Nefertiti
October 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Welcome to the fourth and final phase of our Kickstarter: Operation Nefertiti. Our ultimate goal: $13,500.Thanks to you, our wonderful, amazing, fantabulous backers, we've already reached our first two stretch goals for costume expansion: ... (Read More)
We made it to $9,000!
October 24th - via: kickstarter.com
THANK YOU! We made it to our second stretch goal, all thanks to you, our wonderful backers! Hecate? Booked. Marie Laveau? Booked. But we still have a whole week to run in our Kickstarter, and a bunch of national media coverage coming... (Read More)
In which we somehow get connected to that sexy slice of pizza on the Daily Show
October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
This has been a huge day for us in terms of traffic, email, and pledges (THANK YOU!!!), but I wanted to quickly share three big media thingies that happened today: The New York Observer recapped that hilarious Daily Show sketch last night on Sexy... (Read More)
We're in io9!
October 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
The geek is strong here at Take Back Halloween, so today's gorgeous article on us at io9 is a special thrill: Amazing and Inspirational Women's Costumes to "Take Back Halloween" Thanks to Meredith Woerner for the wonderful coverage! And to those... (Read More)
New reward poster!
October 21st - via: kickstarter.com
To go along with our Operation Hecate stretch goal, we're adding a new poster to the rewards. It features our goddesses and important women from the ancient Greek world, including the Minoan/Mycenaean civilization. The Greek World: available as a... (Read More)
Interview with Kickstarter Conversations
October 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to James Yee of Kickstarter Conversations for interviewing us! The post is up now: Halloween doesn't have to be sexy, Take Back Halloween! James asked a lot of good questions. I want to excerpt one part in particular, because I really... (Read More)
And on to Operation Hecate!
October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Can you believe it? This is stunning. Thanks to the incredible outpouring of support for this project, we zoomed past our first stretch goal---Operation Ishtar---in only three days. Ishtar and Esther are booked! Thank you!!! Now we're into... (Read More)
Epbot, Tor, AfterEllen, and more
October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everybody! We're heading into the weekend with Operation Ishtar (less than $700 to go!) and I wanted to give you a quick roundup of our latest media coverage: Epbot: Jen Yates is the comic genius behind Cake Wrecks, and Epbot is her site on... (Read More)
Welcome to Operation Ishtar!
October 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all of you, we're now into the stretch goal phase of our Kickstarter. And because we're total nerds, we have a name for it: Operation Ishtar. So, welcome to Operation Ishtar! Thanks to the outpouring of enthusiasm for our project (and... (Read More)
THANK YOU!!!
October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
What an incredible day this has been! Exactly two weeks ago we launched our Kickstarter to fund the next year of Take Back Halloween. And today, less than halfway through our Kickstarter campaign, we reached 100% of our initial goal! We're doing... (Read More)
Interview with the Tired Feminist
October 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Emmily Bristol interviewed us (well, me) for the Tired Feminist, and the Q&A has just been published. (It's also cross-posted at Emmily's other site, the Sin City Siren.) Thank you, Emmily! Here's the link: Getting into the spirit with Take... (Read More)
"The fabbest costume site of them all"
October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
That's what GirlsLife calls us in their new issue. GirlsLife is the #1 magazine for 10-to-15 year old girls, which ties in with what we've already learned from Tumblr, Facebook, and emails: young girls like our site as much as grown-ups do. All... (Read More)
These are a few of our favorite tweets
October 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi, everybody! Only 12 days into our Kickstarter and we're already almost three-quarters of the way to our goal (74% as I write this). We've been getting tremendous response on Facebook and Tumblr, but we also have fans on Twitter. We pulled... (Read More)
We're in GeekMom!
October 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Yay, we're in GeekMom! Huge thanks to Samantha Cook and the team at GeekMom for featuring us in their "Fund This" segment. And Sam says such nice things about us! The other Kickstarter projects they recommend are also very worthy of your support,... (Read More)
One week down, three to go!
October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everybody! Our first week on Kickstarter has been fantastic, thanks to all of you. We're already 46% of the way towards our goal! Thank you so much for joining our Kickstarter campaign. Together we're going to make this happen. We've already... (Read More)
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