Weekly Trend Features #2
"Cosplay is Outgrowing Cosplay Conventions"
1. Kotaku.com feature on cosplay as its own event-- March 20, 2019
2. No. "For decades, cosplay conventions have followed the same basic formula: everyone goes to a hotel or convention centre, they meet up, they take photos, they party after then they go home."
3. "While the conventions themselves have been treading water for the past few years, the cosplay community has been finding fun in new places. Big parties during and after shows, mostly completely unaffiliated with the actual con, have over the last few years become highlights for cosplayers, a perfect way to unwind after a long weekend in costume."
The trend in this feature was cosplayers, commonly associated with fan conventions, holding their own cosplay events outside of the convention scene.
"'Terrible idea': Health experts warns against chickenpox parties for kids"
1.Globalnews.co news story on chickenpox parties-- March 22, 2019
2. No. "The chickenpox used to be a childhood rite of passage as being exposed to the highly infectious disease at an early age was (nearly) inevitable."
3. "Despite health experts saying the vaccine is highly effective and safe, some parents are still choosing to forgo this method and instead expose children to the chickenpox the old fashioned way — with an infection party."
The trend in this feature was parents getting together to purposefully expose their children to chickenpox in an effort to render them immune to the disease later in life.
1. Kotaku.com feature on cosplay as its own event-- March 20, 2019
2. No. "For decades, cosplay conventions have followed the same basic formula: everyone goes to a hotel or convention centre, they meet up, they take photos, they party after then they go home."
3. "While the conventions themselves have been treading water for the past few years, the cosplay community has been finding fun in new places. Big parties during and after shows, mostly completely unaffiliated with the actual con, have over the last few years become highlights for cosplayers, a perfect way to unwind after a long weekend in costume."
The trend in this feature was cosplayers, commonly associated with fan conventions, holding their own cosplay events outside of the convention scene.
"'Terrible idea': Health experts warns against chickenpox parties for kids"
1.Globalnews.co news story on chickenpox parties-- March 22, 2019
2. No. "The chickenpox used to be a childhood rite of passage as being exposed to the highly infectious disease at an early age was (nearly) inevitable."
3. "Despite health experts saying the vaccine is highly effective and safe, some parents are still choosing to forgo this method and instead expose children to the chickenpox the old fashioned way — with an infection party."
The trend in this feature was parents getting together to purposefully expose their children to chickenpox in an effort to render them immune to the disease later in life.
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