For one magical night, you get to transform into someone you’re not. All Lara Croft and I have in common is that our first names rhyme. I’d like to tell you I grew up into this super co-ordinated, athletic adult, but the fact is, I still can’t do a cartwheel. She used her abilities and her brains to achieve her goals – and that was something I could aspire towards. Sure, she was beautiful, but she very rarely ever used that to get what she wanted. I guess you could say she was a feminist icon for me, before I even knew what feminism was. ![]() ![]() I actually don’t remember whether my first exposure to her was from the films (Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft was a gift to us all) or the video games, but I do remember enjoying both immensely. She was badass, in charge of her life, smart, and a capable fighter. Lara Croft was everything I wasn’t, but wanted to be. They could see I tried very hard, but I was just…really bad. My teachers in elementary school gave me good grades in gym class simply because they took pity on me. I was a quiet, deeply shy, and fantastically uncoordinated kid. ![]() This year, I continued my trend of dressing up as my favourite fictional females, and went as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider from the video games and films. Last year, at Halloween, I dressed up as Disney’s Belle, from Beauty and the Beast, and Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The year before, I went as Hermione Granger.
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